''Tomocichla'' is a

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cichlid 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 this ...

fish native to moderately and fast-flowing rivers along the Atlantic slope of

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, ranging from the Escondido drainage in

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. ''Tomocichla'' was formerly included in '' Theraps'' (and even earlier in ''

Cichlasoma ''Cichlasoma'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. The genus was previously very large (a wastebasket taxon), including cichlids from North America, including Central America, and South America. Reclassification and subsequent s ...

'') and until 2015 '' Talamancaheros sieboldii'' was commonly included in ''Tomocichla''. They are fairly large cichlids, up to in length.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Tomocichla asfraci ''Tomocichla'' is a genus of cichlid fish native to moderately and fast-flowing rivers along the Atlantic slope of Central America, ranging from the Escondido drainage in Nicaragua to Bocas del Toro in Panama. ''Tomocichla'' was formerly incl ...

'' Allgayer, 2002 * ''

Tomocichla tuba ''Tomocichla tuba'' is a species of cichlid found in fast-moving waters on the Atlantic slope of Central America in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. This species can reach a total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish a ...

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, 1912) (Tuba cichlid)

References

Heroini Cichlid genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{cichlidae-stub