Checkerboard Cichlid
Scientific Name: Crenicara punctulatum
Family: Cichlidae, Subfamily Geophaginae
About the Checkerboard Cichlid
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Cichlids ...
Checkerboard Cichlid
Origin= Middle Amazon
Scientific Name= Crenicara filamentosa
Max. Size= 3.54" (9CM) ...
Checkerboard Cichlid (Dicrossus filamentosa)
Photo of: Checkerboard Cichlid (Dicrossus filamentosa)
Scientific Name(s): Crenicara filamentosa, Cremocara filamentosus, Crenicara filamentosa, Dicrossus filamentosa ...
Checkerboard cichlids
by sisnera-at-aa.res.com (Andre Sisneros) (Fri, 17 Mar 1995)
Checkerboard cichlids
by sisnera-at-aa.res.com (Andre Sisneros) (Wed, 22 Mar 1995)
Checkerboard cichlids
by hougen-at-deci.cs.umn.
Checkerboard Cichlid (crenicara filamentosa): The fish is brown, covered in checkerboard pattern of deep blue and orange. The fins are red and blue. This fish tends to lurk around the bottom of the aquarium, and likes hiding places.
I first remember this seldom-seen Checkerboard cichlid from when I was a teenager in the fifties. I had gone to a Western New York fish show with an older member and his son. From there we visited the home of another young member in the area.
Dicrossus filamentosus, the Checkerboard cichlid, is a spectacular dwarf cichlid from South America. These slender fish are found in the upper Rio Negro and the Upper Orinoco in Venezuela, Brazil and Columbia.
Other Dwarf Cichlids you may see are the Ram - Papiliochromis (some books use Microgeophagus or Apistogramma) ramirezi, Apistos - Apistogramma species, and the Checkerboard Cichlid - Dicrossus filamentosus (referred to as Crenicara filamentosa in the ...
 See also: Cichlid, Fish, Water, Species, Dwarf
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