Nannacara

Nannacara
Nannacara anomala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Cichlasomatini
Genus:	Nannacara Regan, 1905
Type species
Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905

Nannacara is a genus of small freshwater cichlid fish endemic to South America. The genus is part of the Cichlasomatini tribe of the Cichlasomatinae subfamily. In the aquarium hobby, the fish is considered a dwarf cichlid along with Apistogramma , Mikrogeophagus , and Dicrossus species. Nannacara anomala is the most commonly encountered species in the aquarium trade.

Species

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

• Nannacara adoketa S. O. Kullander & Preda-Pedreros, 1993 (Zebra acara)
• Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905 (Goldeneye cichlid)
• Nannacara aureocephalus Allgayer, 1983
• Nannacara bimaculata C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Nannacara quadrispinae Staeck & I. Schindler, 2004
• Nannacara taenia Regan, 1912

In a book published in 2006, Nannacara adoketa and Nannacara bimaculata were reassigned to the new genus Ivanacara . ^[2] This change has not been recognized by FishBase, ^[1] but it has been adopted by the Catalog of Fishes. ^[3]

References

• Boruchowitz, D. E. (2006). Guide to Cichlids. T.F.H. Publications. ISBN   0-7938-0584-8.

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nannacara". FishBase . February 2013 version.
2. Römer, U. (2006). Cichliden-Atlas: Naturgeschichte der Zwergbuntbarsche Südamerikas. - Teil 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde Baensch. ISBN   978-3-88244-084-3.
3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (2017). "Catalog of Fishes" . Retrieved 3 February 2018.