Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Parachromis > Parachromis dovii

Parachromis dovii (Guapote; Rainbow bass; Wolf cichlid)

Synonyms: Cichlasoma dovii; Herichthys dovii; Heros dovii; Nandopsis dovii
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Wikipedia Abstract

Parachromis dovii, the Guapote, is a species of cichlid native to Central America where it occurs on both slopes of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This species grows to a length of 28in(72cm) TL. This carnivorous species is important to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a gamefish. This species is known as the Wolf cichlid in the aquarium trade.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceano-estuarine

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Sciadicleithrum mexicanum[2]

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0