Ram cichlid

Ram cichlid
Male ("German Blue" morph)
Female ("German Blue" morph)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mikrogeophagus
Species:
M. ramirezi
Binomial name
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Synonyms
  • Apistogramma ramirezi G. S. Myers & Harry 1948
  • Microgeophagus ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry 1948)
  • Papiliochromis ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry 1948)
  • Papilochromis ramirezi (G. S. Myers & Harry 1948)

The ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America.[3] The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour[4] and is a popular aquarium fish, traded under a variety of common names, including ram, blue ram, German blue ram, Asian ram, butterfly cichlid, Ramirez's dwarf cichlid, dwarf butterfly cichlid and Ramirezi.[3][5][6][7][8] The species is a member of the family Cichlidae and subfamily Geophaginae.[3][9]

  1. ^ "Mikrogeophagus ramirezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ^ Myers GS, Harry RR (1948) The Ramirezi dwarf cichlid identified. Aquarium, Philad. 77.
  3. ^ a b c Froese, R.; D. Pauly (eds.). "Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, Ram cichlid". FishBase. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  4. ^ Robins CR, Bailey RM, Bond CE, Brooker JR, Lachner EA, Lea RN, Scott WB (1991) World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. 21: p. 243.
  5. ^ Linke H, Staeck L (1994) American cichlids I: Dwarf Cichlids. A handbook for their identification, care and breeding. Tetra Press. Germany. ISBN 1-56465-168-1
  6. ^ Baensch, HA (1996). Riehl, Rüdiger (ed.). Aquarium Atlas (5th ed.). Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 3-88244-050-3.
  7. ^ Loiselle, Paul V. (1995). The Cichlid Aquarium. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-146-0.
  8. ^ Axelrod HR, Vorderwinkler W (1995) Encyclopedia of tropical fishes 30th Edn. TFH Publications, USA.
  9. ^ ITIS Report. "Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, Ram cichlid". Integrated Taxonomic Information Service. Retrieved 2007-04-09.