Acaronia

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Acaronia
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Bigeye Cichlid (A. nassa)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Cichlasomatini
Genus: Acaronia
G. S. Myers, 1940
Type species
Acara nassa
Heckel, 1840

Acaronia is a small genus of cichlids found in the Amazon, Orinoco and other basins in northern South America.

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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Acaronia in FishBase . February 2013 version.