Honduras - List of fishes

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convict cichlid

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

9 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

It easily accommodates to life in captivity, but it is aggressive toward smaller species. It breeds easily in aquarium: the male delineates a territory in which the female lays its eggs. After hatching, the pair will protect juveniles against potential predators.

convict cichlid

Amatitlania siquia

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Amatitlania sp. Honduran

Cichlidae

8 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Amatitlania sp. Yoyoa

Cichlidae

6 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

guapotillo

Amphilophus hogaboomorum

15 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

mojarrita rayada

Archocentrus centrarchus

10 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

pastel cichlid

Cribroheros alfari

12 cm

living as a couple

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

red breasted cichlid

Cribroheros longimanus

11 cm

living as a couple

soil-eating and omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

false firemouth cichlid

Cribroheros robertsoni

15 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

cutter's cichlid

Cryptoheros cutteri

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blue-eye cichlid

Cryptoheros spilurus

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rainbow cichlid

Herotilapia multispinosa

11 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous

mayan cichlid

Mayaheros urophthalmus

30 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

guapote

Parachromis dovii

50 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

monarch cichlid

Parachromis friedrichsthalii

20 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

Parachromis loisellei

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

jaguar guapote

Parachromis managuensis

45 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

false yellowjacket cichlid

Parachromis motaguensis

28 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

salvadoran molly

Poecilia salvatoris

7 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

molly

Poecilia sphenops

4 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

The female is larger than the male. Fertilization is internal and it is an ovoviviparous species. After a "gestation" of 28 days, the female "gives birth" to a variable number of juveniles: between 20 and 150. There are many varieties of color, the most common is black.

jack dempsey

Rocio octofasciata

18 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

Synbranchus marmoratus

Synbranchidae

120 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Theraps microphthalmus

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

yellow meeki

Thorichthys affinis

13 cm

living as a couple

scavenger

blackbelt cichlid

Vieja maculicauda

25 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

green swordtail

Xiphophorus hellerii

10 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

The female is larger than the male. It is an ovoviviparous species: the male fertilizes it partner through an oviduct. The eggs hatch in the body of the female, where they complete their development. Each female gives birth to 10 or 20 juveniles. It easily accommodates to life in the aquarium, but it may chew on plants and be aggressive towards other fish species.

Honduras - List of fishes

convict cichlid

convict cichlid

Amatitlania sp. Honduran

Amatitlania sp. Yoyoa

guapotillo

mojarrita rayada

banded puffer

pastel cichlid

red breasted cichlid

false firemouth cichlid

cutter's cichlid

blue-eye cichlid

rainbow cichlid

mayan cichlid

guapote

monarch cichlid

Parachromis loisellei

jaguar guapote

false yellowjacket cichlid

salvadoran molly

molly

jack dempsey

Synbranchus marmoratus

Theraps microphthalmus

yellow meeki

blackbelt cichlid

green swordtail

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