Tomocichla
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Tomocichla is a genus of freshwater
fish
es in the cichlid
family that is restricted to Central America. The genus Tomocichla contains two species, both of which live is fastmoving waters. The species within Tomocichla were formerly placed within the genus Theraps
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Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
es in the cichlid
Cichlid
Cichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses , damselfish , and surfperches . This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,300 species have been scientifically described, making it one of...
family that is restricted to Central America. The genus Tomocichla contains two species, both of which live is fastmoving waters. The species within Tomocichla were formerly placed within the genus Theraps
Theraps
Theraps is a small fish genus from the cichlidae family. They are endemic to Central America, ranging from Mexico to Panama. Several Theraps sp. have been found across the southern United States as invasive species....
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- Tomocichla sieboldiiTomocichla sieboldiiTomocichla sieboldii, or Siebold's cichlid is a freshwater fish within the cichlid family. It inhabits fastmoving waters on the Pacific slope of Central America in Costa Rica and Panama....
(Kner, 1863) Siebold's cichlid - Tomocichla tubaTomocichla tubaTomocichla tuba, or Tuba cichlid is a freshwater fish within the cichlid family. It inhabits fastmoving waters on the Atlantic slope of Central America in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama....
(Meek, 1912) Tuba cichlid