Biotodoma

Biotodoma
Biotodoma cupido
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlinae
Tribe:	Geophagini
Subtribe:	Geophagina
Genus:	Biotodoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Type species
Geophagus cupido Heckel, 1840

Biotodoma is a small genus of cichlids native to rivers in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in South America.

Species

There are two currently recognized species in the genus, ^[1] but additional cryptic species are known to exist. ^[2]

• Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) (green-streaked eartheater)
• Biotodoma wavrini (J. P. Gosse, 1963) (Orinoco eartheater)

References

• "Biotodoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 6 June 2006.

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Biotodoma". FishBase . February 2013 version.
2. Carvalho, A.P.C., R.A. Collins, J.G. Martínez, I.P. Farias, and T. Hrbek (2019). From shallow to deep divergences: mixed messages from Amazon Basin cichlids. Hydrobiologia 832(1): 317–329. doi : 10.1007/s10750-018-3790-x