Nannacara
| Nannacara | |
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| Nannacara adoketa. Photo: Birger A | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Genus: | Nannacara Regan, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905 | |
Nannacara is a genus of small freshwater cichlid fish endemic to South America. The genus is part of the Cichlasomatini tribe of the Cichlasomatinae subfamily. In the aquarium hobby, the fish is considered a dwarf cichlid along with Apistogramma, Mikrogeophagus, and Dicrossus species. Nannacara anomala is the most commonly encountered species in the aquarium trade.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Nannacara adoketa S. O. Kullander & Preda-Pedreros, 1993 (Zebra acara)
- Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905 (Goldeneye cichlid)
- Nannacara aureocephalus Allgayer, 1983
- Nannacara bimaculata C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Nannacara quadrispinae Staeck & I. Schindler, 2004
- Nannacara taenia Regan, 1912
In a recently published book, Nannacara adoketa and Nannacara bimaculata are reassigned to the new genus Ivanacara. It is too early to tell whether this reassignment will be accepted by the ichthyologist community.
References
- Boruchowitz, D. E. (2006). Guide to Cichlids. T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-7938-0584-8.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Nannacara in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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