Male from Laguna Xiloá
A male of Parachromis dovii from Laguna Xiloá [Nicaragua], in the aquarium of Willem Heijns [Netherlands].Photo by Willem Heijns. (16-Jul-2006). determiner Willem Heijns

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Parachromis

Status
valid


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Published:

Last updated on:
23-Mar-2008

Parachromis dovii (Günther, 1864)

Guapote; Wolf cichlid.

Original description as Heros dovii:

ZooBank:5721E016-69DD-4254-BDE1-D226492249B3.

  • Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864, pp. 144-154 (crc00137)

Conservation: Parachromis dovii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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