Dicrossus filamentosus
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Dicrossus filamentosus males are very showy. Their iridescent colors are magnificent and the remarkable extensions on their tails are a sight to see.
Color varieties of Dicrossus filamentosus were noted as far back as 1976 (Winkelmann, H. 1976. "Crenicara filamentosa - eine Rarität". Tetra Info. 10(34): 12, and in English as Winkelmann, H. 1977.
Lyretail Checkerboard Cichlid
Scientific Name: Dicrossus filamentosus
Family: Cichlidae, Subfamily Geophaginae
About the Lyretail Checkerboard Cichlid
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Cichlids ...
Dicrossus filamentosus
Chequerboard
Chequerboard Cichlid
Crenicara filamentosa
Dicrossus filamentosa ...
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 ...
The only differences between them are the inhabitants. The first tank houses various Symphosodon discus, Paracheirodon axelrodi, Dicrossus filamentosus and Carnegiellas trigata as the main habitants of the flooded forest floor.
Dicrossus filamentosus
Dimidiochromis compressiceps
Discherodontus ashmeadi
Distichodus affinis
Distichodus decemmaculatus
Distichodus fasciolatus
Distichodus lusosso
Distichodus noboli
Distichodus sexfasciatus
Dormitator latifrons ...
 See also: Filament, Species, Cichlid, Fish, Water
  
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