Hypselecara

<i>Hypselecara</i>

Hypselecara

Genus of fishes

Hypselecara is a small genus of cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. H. temporalis is a relatively common aquarium fish known in the aquarium trade as the chocolate cichild.

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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hypselecara in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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