Adult in the aquarium
Adult of Aequidens viridis in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck [Germany]. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. (19-Oct-2011). determiner Wolfgang Staeck

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Cichlasomatini

Genus
Aequidens


Last updated on:
31-Dec-2007

Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)


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Original description as Acara viridis:

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  • Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 325-471 (crc00007)

Synonyms (1):

Conservation: Aequidens viridis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.