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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)

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Nicaragua country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Importance: of no interest | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Kown from the San Juan drainage including the Lake Nicaragua (Ref. 36377). Recorded from Managua (Ref. 4537). Third most frequently found cichlid in the Great Lakes of Nicaragua (Ref. 7335). Type locality, Lake Nicaragua, BMNH 1867.9.23.37 (holotype of Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, 14.1 cm SL) (Ref. 74403). Also Ref. 13677.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Conkel, D., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Hypsophrys: Greek, hypsi = high + Greek, ophrys = eyebrow (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 20.   Tropical; 23°C - 36°C (Ref. 36880)

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