Firemouth Cichlid
The Firemouth Cichlid is a beautiful cichlid that is somewhat territorial, especially during spawning. Their background color is a pearlescent turquoise-blue with red edging the scales.
Firemouth Cichlid - Thorichthys meeki
Species name: Thorichthys meeki
Synonym: Cichlasoma hyorhynchum; Cichlasoma meeki; Herichthys meeki; Heros meeki; Thorichthys helleri meeki; Thorichthys meeki ...
Firemouth cichlids (Thorichthys meeki) are native to Central America. They occur in rivers of the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico, south through Belize and into northern Guatemala.
Firemouth Cichlid
Scientific Name:
Thorichthys meeki
Family: Cichlidae
Origin: Guatemala;Yucatan
Adult Size: 6 inches (15 cm)
Social: Territorial
Lifespan: 10-15 years
Tank Level: Bottom dweller ...
Firemouth Cichlid
Firemouth Cichlid
By Clint Norwood
Species/genus: Cichlasoma meeki ...
Firemouth Cichlid
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Firemouth Cichlid - Thorichthys meeki ...
Extra Information: The Firemouth cichlid can be quite territorial during spawning, otherwise quite peaceful. They can flare their gills in aggression much like the Siamese Fighting Fish.
Firemouth Cichlid
Common Names: Firemouth Cichlid, Firemouth
Scientific Name: Thorichthys Meeki
Family: Cichlid
Maximum Size: 6 inches
Life expectancy: 10 - 15 years
Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons ...
Firemouth Cichlid [picture]
"Cichlasoma"(Thorichthys) meeki
SYN: Cichlasoma meeki
PD: A tall, laterally compressed cichlid. The head is large and pointed. The anal and dorsal fins come to a point.
Firemouth Cichlid
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Firemouth Cichlids are native to Guatemala and Mexico, in the area of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Common Foods
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Firemouth Cichlid
Another great cichlid that is an excellent parent to it's young.
Jack Dempsey ...
Thorichthys meeki
(Firemouth Cichlid)
Apistogramma agassizii
(Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid) ...
Firemouth cichlids are beautiful fish. It was the fist ciclid I ever had and I still have it. Every now and then they will fight with others for food or a cave that's all. They do great with South American cichlids convicts oscars jack dempseys etc.
When gill flaring, the cheek stripe shrinks to a dark patch on the outer edge of the operula, like that seen on Thorichthys meeki (Firemouth Cichlid). This gives the the illusion of being a giant head with a large eye.
This fish has the same shaped body as a Firemouth Cichlid. Its colors are beautiful. The body will be blue or blue-gray. The fins will be rainbow colored, mixing blues, purples, oranges, and reds.
were recently transferred from the Tropical House (the old tropical tanks here were a huge influence on my gaining an interest in the aquarium fish hobby and, in my younger days, I remember seeing my first Dwarf Gourami and Firemouth Cichlids here ...
35 lt.; Service Tank n° 4: One sponge internal filter (working with air pump); one heater / 25 Watt; lighting 1X14 watt fluorescent tube, "bare" bottom.
Fishes hosted are: 8 growing fry of Thorichthys meeki (Firemouth cichlid).
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