Nandopsis
Sign in to saveNandopsis is a small genus of cichlid fishes found in lakes, streams and rivers in Cuba and Hispaniola. Nandopsis are the only cichlids native to the Antilles.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- CUMV, UMMZ, UA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Belize, Guatemala
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Nandopsis is a small genus of cichlid fishes found in lakes, streams and rivers in Cuba and Hispaniola. Nandopsis are the only cichlids native to the Antilles.
==Species== The genus currently contains three extant species, as well as one fossil species from the late Oligocene epoch. An additional species, N. vombergae is recognized by some, but considered a synonym of N. haitiensis by FishBase. Nandopsis haitiensis (Tee-Van, 1935) (Haitian cichlid) - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) Nandopsis ramsdeni (Fowler, 1938) (Joturo) - Cuba Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes, 1831) (Biajaca) - Cuba † Nandopsis woodringi Graham, 1990 (Haiti)
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