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American Cichlids II, Large Cichlids

A Handbook for their Identification, Care and Breeding
Author: Wolfgang Staeck, 1995
Published by Tetra-Press, Melle, Germany
ISBN: 1-56465-169-X
American Cichlids II, Large Cichlids
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by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, 1997.

This book covers basic information and shows excellent color pictures of 83 selected species of large Cichlids from America, which count nearly 500 species. Information covered pertains to collecting localities, specific traits, similar species, natural habitat, care and breeding of each of the included species, an introduction to each genus is also given. The information is grouped by cichlid genus, offering some of the species in all 36 covered genera. Additional information includes a nice section about American cichlids and guides for setting up a successful aquarium for keeping the larger species.

This book is a new edition completely revised, expanded and updated of the excellent book published by Tetra first in 1985.

Content

  • Foreword, 8

  • American Cichlids, 9

  • The Suitable Aquarium for Large Cichlids, 19

  • The Genus Acarichthys, 23[br]
    Acarichthys heckelii, 24

  • The Genus Acaronia, 27[br]
    Acaronia vultuosa, 28

  • The Genus Aequidens, 29[br]
    Aequidens biseriatus, 30[br]
    Aequidens metae, 32[br]
    Aequidens pallidus, 34[br]
    Aequidens patricki, 36[br]
    Aequidens sp. "Genaro Herrera", 38[br]
    "Aequidens" sp. "Silverseam-cichlid", 40[br]
    Aequidens sp. aff. tetramerus, 42[br]
    Aequidens uniocellatus, 44

  • The Genus Amphilophus, 46[br]
    Amphilophus alfari, 46[br]
    Amphilophus citrinellus, 48[br]
    Amphilophus labiatus, 51

  • The Genus Archocentrus, 53[br]
    Archocentrus sajica, 54[br]
    Archocentrus septemfasciatus, 56[br]
    Archocentrus spilurus, 58

  • The Genus Astronotus, 60[br]
    Astronotus ocellatus, 61

  • The Genus Biotodoma, 63[br]
    Biotodoma cupido, 64

  • The Genus Bujurquina, 66[br]
    Bujurquina robusta, 67[br]
    Bujurquina tambopatae, 69

  • The Genus Caquetaia, 71[br]
    Caquetaia myersi, 71

  • The Genus Chaetobranchopsis, 73[br]
    Chaetobranchopsis australis, 74

  • The Genus Chuco, 76[br]
    Chuco intermedius, 76

  • The Genus Cichla, 78[br]
    Cichla monoculus, 78[br]
    Cichla orinocensis, 80[br]
    Cichla temensis, 81

  • The Genus Cichlasoma, 83[br]
    Cichlasoma amazonarum, 84[br]
    Cichlasoma boliviense, 87[br]
    Cichlasoma dimerus, 89

  • The Genus Copora, 91[br]
    Copora nicaraguensis, 92

  • The Genus Crenicichla, 94[br]
    Crenicichla acutirostris, 94

  • The Genus Crenicichla, 94[br]
    Crenicichla acutirostris, 94[br]
    Crenicichla marmorata, 96[br]
    Crenicichla sedentaria, 97

  • The Genus Geophagus, 99[br]
    "Geophagus" brasiliensis, 100[br]
    "Geophagus" pellegrini, 102[br]
    "Geophagus" steindachneri, 104[br]
    Geophagus surinamensis, 106

  • The Genus Guianacara, 108[br]
    Guianacara geayi, 108[br]
    Guianacara sp. "Rio Caroni", 110

  • The Genus Gymnogeophagus, 112[br]
    Gymnogeophagus balzanii, 112

  • The Genus Herichthys, 114[br]
    Herichthys carpintis, 114[br]
    Herichthys cyanoguttatus, 116[br]
    Herichthys tamasopoensis, 118

  • The Genus Heros, 119[br]
    Heros appendiculatus, 119[br]
    Heros severus, 122

  • The Genus Herotilapia, 124[br]
    Herotilapia mulstispinosa, 124

  • The Genus Hoplarchus, 126[br]
    Hoplarchus psittacus, 126

  • The Genus Hypselecara, 128[br]
    Hypselecara temporalis, 129

  • The Genus Mesonauta, 131[br]
    Mesonauta insignis, 131[br]
    Mesonauta nirificus, 134

  • The Genus Neetroplus, 136[br]
    Neetroplus nematopus, 136[br]
    Neetroplus panamensis, 138

  • The Genus Paraneetroplus, 140[br]
    Paraneetroplus bulleri, 141

  • The Genus Parapetenia, 143[br]
    Parapetenia bartoni, 143[br]
    Parapetenia dovii, 146[br]
    Parapetenia festae, 148[br]
    Parapetenia grammodes, 150[br]
    Parapetenia loisellei, 152[br]
    Parapetenia managuensis, 154[br]
    Parapetenia sp. aff. labridens "Tamasopo", 156[br]
    Parapetenia trimaculata, 159[br]
    Parapetenia urophthalma, 161

  • The Genus Petenia, 162[br]
    Petenia splendida, 163

  • The Genus Pterophyllum, 166[br]
    Pterophyllum altum, 166

  • The Genus Satanoperca, 166[br]
    Satanoperca acuticeps, 169[br]
    Satanoperca daemon, 171

  • The Genus Symphysodon, 173[br]
    Symphysodon 1us, 173

  • The Genus Theraps, 177[br]
    Theraps coeruleus, 177[br]
    Theraps nourissati, 179[br]
    Theraps rheophilus, 181

  • The Genus Thorichthys, 183[br]
    Thorichthys ellioti, 184[br]
    Thorichthys meeki, 186

  • The Genus Tomocichla, 188[br]
    Tomocichla sieboldii, 188[br]
    Tomocichla tuba, 190

  • The Genus Uaru, 192[br]
    Uaru amphiacanthoides, 192[br]
    Uaru sp., 195

  • The Genus Vieja, 196[br]
    Vieja bifaciata, 197[br]
    Vieja fenestrata, 200[br]
    Vieja hartwegi, 202[br]
    Vieja maculicauda, 204[br]
    Vieja sp. aff. gutulatta "Aguacero", 206[br]
    Vieja sysnpilum, 208[br]
    Vieja zonata, 210

  • Index of Synonyms, 212

  • Bibliography, 213

  • Photo Credits, 215

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