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Firemouth Cichlid

Fish

The firemouth cichlid is a species of cichlid fish native to Central America, occurring in rivers of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, south through Belize and into northern Guatemala. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Scientific Name
Thorichthys meeki 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cichlidae, Taxa
Source Firemouth Cichlid (Wikidata)

In Biome

River, Biomes
Source Firemouth cichlid (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Firemouth Cichlid (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q3705 (P225 taxon name)
  • Introduction
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Cichlidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Firemouth cichlid (Wikipedia)
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
  • In Biome: River, Wikipedia intro: "h cichlid (Thorichthys meeki) is a species of cichlid fish native to Central America. They occur in rivers of the Yucat?n Peninsula, Mexico, south through Beliz..."
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