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Severum Cichlids
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Severum Cichlids

Heros

Heros is a genus of cichlids native to the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins in South America. They were previously included in the genus Cichlasoma before its restriction to the distinct group of "Port Cichlids."

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Green Severum Cichlid

speciesHeros efasciatus

Banded Cichlid

speciesHeros severus

Spotted Severum Cichlid

speciesHeros notatus

Red Mouthbrooder Severum Cichlid

speciesHeros liberifer

Heros spurius

speciesHeros spurius

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88855.