Biotoecus

<i>Biotoecus</i>

Biotoecus

Genus of fishes

Biotoecus is a fish genus of cichlids from northern South America where one species (B. dicentrarchus) is found in the Orinoco Basin and the other (B. opercularis) occurs in the northern part of the Amazon Basin. These small cichlids do not surpass 10 cm (3.9 in) in length.

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Species

The two recognized species in this genus are:[1]

References

  • "Biotoecus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Biotoecus in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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