Aequidens

Aequidens
Aequidens tetramerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Cichlasomatini
Genus: Aequidens
C. H. Eigenmann & W. L. Bray, 1894
Type species
Acara tetramerus
Heckel, 1840

Aequidens is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined Aequidens is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only exceptions are A. plagiozonatus which also occurs in the Paraná Basin, and A. tetramerus which also occurs in the Parnaíba River.[1]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aequidens". FishBase. October 2016 version.