''Biotodoma cupido'', commonly known as the green-streaked eartheater or cupid cichlid, is a species of
cichlid native to the
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...
and
Essequibo basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guayana, and Peru.
[ It is sometimes seen in the ]aquarium trade
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond. There is also a piscicultural fishkeeping industry, serving as a branch of agriculture.
Origins of fishkeeping
Fish ha ...
. It was originally described in 1840 as ''Geophas cupido''.[
The maximum known standard length is and the maximum published weight is .][
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References
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cupido
Fish of South America
Fish described in 1840
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel