Mesonauta festivus

Mesonauta festivus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mesonauta
Species: M. festivus
Binomial name
Mesonauta festivus
(Heckel, 1840)

Mesonauta festivus, the flag cichlid, is a species of cichlid native to tropical rivers in Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia. It can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL. It is also popular in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Mesonauta festivus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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