Cichlasoma dimerus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Cichlids ;

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Acara dimerus • Acara dimerus Heckel • Acara dimerus Heckel, 1840 • Acara marginatus Heckel • Cichlasoma dimerus • Heros centralis Holmberg

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 01-Dec-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cichlasoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 80 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. bimaculatum (Black Acara) · C. affine (Golden Cichlid) · C. alfari (Pastel Cichlid) · C. argenteum (White Cichlid) · C. aureum (Golden Firemouth Cichlid) · C. bartoni (Mojarra Caracolera) · C. beani (Sinaloan Cichlid) · C. bifasciatum (Red Speck Cichlid) · C. bimaculatum (Black & White Snapper) · C. biocellatum (Jack Dempsey) · C. bocourti (Chisel-Tooth Cichlid) · C. breidohri (Angostura Cichlid) · C. bulleri (Sarabia Cichlid) · C. callolepis (San Domingo Cichlid) · C. calobrense (Lowland Cichlid) · C. carpintis (Lowland Cichlid) · C. centrarchus (Flier Cichlid) · C. citrinellum (Midas Cichlid) · C. cutteri (Cutter's Cichlid) · C. cyanoguttatum (Rio Grande Cichlid) · C. deppii (Nautla Cichlid) · C. dovii (Guapote) · C. ellioti (Spotcheek Cichlid) · C. ericymba (Mojarra De Bulha) · C. facetum (White Convict Cichlid) · C. fenestratum (Blackstripe Cichlid) · C. festae (Harlequin Cichlid) · C. friedrichsthalii (Friedrichsthal's S Cichlid) · C. gibbiceps (Teapa Cichlid) · C. globosum (Haitian Cichlid) · C. godmanni (Southern Checkmark Cichlid) · C. grammodes (Chiapa De Corzo Cichlid) · C. guija (Firemouth) · C. guttulatum (Amatitlan Cichlid) · C. hartwegi (Tailbar Cichlid) · C. hedricki (Montecristo Cichlid) · C. helleri (Yellow Cichlid) · C. heterospilum (Montecristo Cichlid) · C. intermedium (Northern Checkmark Cichlid) · C. irregulare (Arroyo Cichlid) · C. istlanum (Redside Cichlid) · C. labridens (Blackcheek Cichlid) · C. lentiginosum (Freckled Cichlid) · C. longimanus (Red Breast Cichlid) · C. macracanthum (Blackthroat Cichlid) · C. maculicauda (Blackbelt Cichlid) · C. managuense (False Yellowjacket Cichlid) · C. meeki (Firemouth Cichlid) · C. minckleyi (Mojarra Caracolera De Cuatro Cienegas) · C. motaguense (False Yellowjacket Cichlid) · C. nebuliferum (Papaloapan Cichlid) · C. nicaraguense (Moga) · C. nigrofasciatum (Zebra Chanchito) · C. nourissati (Bluemouth Cichlid) · C. octofasciata (Jack Dempsey) · C. octofasciatum (Eightbanded Cichlid) · C. pantostictum (Chairel Cichlid) · C. pasionis (Blackgullet Cichlid) · C. pearsei (Pantano Cichlid) · C. ramsdeni (Joturo) · C. regani (Almoloya Cichlid) · C. rheophilus (Palenque Cichlid) · C. robertsoni (False Firemouth Cichlid) · C. salvini (Yellow Belly Bullhead) · C. severum (Banded Cichlid) · C. socolofi (Chiapas Cichlid) · C. spilurum (Blue- Eye Cichlid) · C. steindachneri (Steindachner's Cichlid) · C. synspilum (Quetzal Cichlid) · C. taenia (Large Coscarob) · C. tamasopoensis (Tamasopo Cichlid) · C. tenue (Darkstriped Dottyback) · C. tetracanthus (Cuban Cichlid) · C. trimaculatum (Three Spined Soapfish) · C. ufermanni (U.S.A.macinta Cichlid) · C. umbriferum (Turquoise Cichlid) · C. urophthalma (Mayan Cichlid) · C. urophthalmum ericymba (Mojarra De Bulha) · C. urophthalmus (False Red Terror) · C. zonatum (Oaxaca Cichlid)

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Further Reading

• Axelrod, H.R. (1993). The most complete colored lexicon of cichlids. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey.
• Kullander, S.O. (2003). Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 124084
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-113676
• Fishbase Species ID: 46784
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 648369
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 107259

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