Heros efasciatus
Heros efasciatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
Tribe: | Heroini |
Genus: | Heros |
Species: | H. efasciatus |
Binomial name | |
Heros efasciatus Heckel, 1840 | |
Heros efasciatus is a freshwater tropical cichlid native to the Amazon region in South America. It is commonly found in the aquarium trade, often in its gold colored variation rather than the wild-type olive green one.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Heros efasciatus" in FishBase. 10 2014 version.
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