''Andinoacara'' is a

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of fish in the family

Cichlidae Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted thi ...

. The genus was described in 2009.Musilova, Rican and Novak, 2009
''Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of a new genus''.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 47 Issue 3, Pages 209 - 304 (August 2009) Before this the members of ''Andinoacara'' were placed in the "

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" genus ''

Aequidens ''Aequidens'' is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined ''Aequidens'' is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only e ...

'' although they are not closely related to the other members of this genus. The genus ''Andinoacara'' is restricted to freshwater habitats in northwestern South America (

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and the

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Basin west to the Pacific coast of South America as far south as

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) and southern Central America (

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and

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). There are no members of the genus in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W.N., & R. Fricke, eds. (2013).
Catalog of Fishes
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Andinoacara biseriatus ''Andinoacara biseriatus'', is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, native to the Atrato Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department near the Pacific Ocean, Colombia. Climate Atrato has an extr ...

'' (Regan, 1913) * ''

Andinoacara blombergi ''Andinoacara blombergi'', is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, found on the South American Pacific slope, in the río Esmeraldas drainage in northwestern Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; ...

'' Wijkmark, S. O. Kullander & Barriga S., 2012Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S.O. & Barriga S., R.E. (2012)
''Andinoacara blombergi'', a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of ''A. rivulatus'' (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 117-137.'' * ''

Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus ''Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus'', is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single orde ...

'' (Kner, 1863) * ''

Andinoacara latifrons ''Andinoacara latifrons'', the platinum acara, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, native to the Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, and San Juan River basins in Colombia. Description Males can reach a length of to ...

'' (Steindachner, 1878) (Platinum acara) * ''

Andinoacara pulcher The blue acara (''Andinoacara pulcher'') is a colorful freshwater fish in the cichlid family."Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of ...

'' (Gill, 1858) (Blue acara) * ''

Andinoacara rivulatus The green terror (''Andinoacara rivulatus'', syn. ''Aequidens rivulatus'') is a colorful freshwater fish in the cichlid family. The fish originates from the Pacific side of South America from the Tumbes River in Peru to the Esmeraldas River in ...

'' (Gunther, 1860) (Green terror) * ''

Andinoacara sapayensis ''Andinoacara sapayensis'', the Sapayo cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, found on the South American Pacific slope, in the Cayapas River drainage in northwestern Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Q ...

'' (

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, 1903) (Sapayo cichlid) * ''

Andinoacara stalsbergi ''Andinoacara stalsbergi'' is a species of South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae. It was previously included in '' A. rivulatus'', but was described as a separate species in 2009. The specific name honours the Norwegian aquar ...

'' Musilová, I. Schindler & Staeck, 2009Musilova, Schindler and Staeck, 2009
''Description of Andinoacara stalsbergi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatini) from Pacific coastal rivers in Peru, and annotations on the phylogeny of the genus''
Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 59 Issue 2, (December 2009)

References

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