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Biotoecus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Cichliformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Biotoecus
Species
Scientific Name
Biotoecus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Biotoecus

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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Parent Taxon

  • Cichlidae

Sibling Taxa

  • Acarichthys
  • Acaronia
  • Aequidens
  • Amatitlania
  • Amphilophus
  • Amphilophus labiatus × cichlasoma trimaculatum
  • Amphilophus × Paraneetroplus
  • Andinoacara
  • Apistogramma
  • Apistogrammoides
  • Archocentrus
  • Astatheros
  • Astronotus
  • Australoheros
  • Biotodoma
  • Biotoecus
  • Bujurquina
  • Caquetaia
  • Chaetobranchopsis
  • Chaetobranchus
  • Chiapaheros
  • Chocoheros
  • Chortiheros
  • Chuco
  • Cichla
  • Cichlasoma
  • Cincelichthys
  • Cleithracara
  • Crenicara
  • Crenicichla
  • Cribroheros
  • Cryptoheros
  • Darienheros
  • Dicrossus
  • Geophagus
  • Guianacara
  • Gymnogeophagus
  • Herichthys
  • Herichthys × Mayaheros
  • Heroina
  • Heros
  • Herotilapia
  • Hoplarchus
  • Hypselecara
  • Hypsophrys
  • Isthmoheros
  • Ivanacara
  • Krobia
  • Kronoheros
  • Laetacara
  • Maskaheros
  • Mayaheros
  • Mazarunia
  • Mesoheros
  • Mesonauta
  • Mikrogeophagus
  • Nandopsis
  • Nannacara
  • Neetroplus
  • Oscura
  • Panamius
  • Parachromis
  • Paraneetroplus
  • Petenia
  • Pterophyllum
  • Retroculus
  • Rheoheros
  • Rocio
  • Rondonacara
  • Satanoperca
  • Symphysodon
  • Taeniacara
  • Tahuantinsuyoa
  • Talamancaheros
  • Teleocichla
  • Theraps
  • Thorichthys
  • Tomocichla
  • Trichromis
  • Uaru
  • Vieja
  • Wajpamheros

Child Taxa

  • Biotoecus dicentrarchus
  • Biotoecus opercularis

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