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

Biotodoma
Biotodoma cupido
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Species

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

References

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  • "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