south american cichlids?

jb92

i am going to be starting a south american cichlid tank soo , i will only have south american cichlids and no central as i am going to set up a separate tank for them . i will also have some catfish from south america to accompany them , could someone please give me a list of a load of south american cichlids and catfish so i can get an idea of some of the fish i can have .

dont worry about tank size as i am going to sort that out when i no how many fish i am going to have.

pleco_cory_fan

Blue rams, Bolvian rams, bristlenose plecos, Apistogramma ,corydoras (becareful to have these guys in with breeding apistogramma) Angelfish, ottocinclus, Discus, Pitbull pleco, Clown Pleco and im sure theres plenty more good luck with your tank. :D

Gump

Oscars are probally the most popular south american cichlid. Peacock bass are also popular, festae are beautiful, numerous species of pike cichlid (crenicichla), numerous species of geophagus, satanoperca and gymophagus, the heros family (Severum is a common in this family), as well as uarus.

as for cats. the shovelnose family, pictus cats, numerous plecos.

jb92

ye i like pike cichlids, what about blue acaras

bolty

Aequidens` sp. "Goldsaum" >>> False Green Terror
Aequidens` latifrons
Aequidens` pulcher >>> Blue Acara
Aequidens` rivulatus >>> False Green Teror
Aequidens` sp. "Silversaum"
Aequidens diadema
Aequidens sp. "Korias"
Aequidens metae
Aequidens patricki
Aequidens portalegrensis >>> Port Cichlid >>> Brown Acara >>> Port Acara
Aequidens tetramerus >>> Saddle Cichlid
Bujurquina vittata
Krobia guianensis
Krobia aff. "guyanensis Oyapock"
Krobia itanyi
Mesonauta festivus
Mesonauta guyanae
Mesonauta cf. guyanae "Rio Cobra"
Mesonauta cf. guyanae "Rio Tapajos"
Mesonauta insignis
Pterophyllum altum
Pterophyllum leopoldi
Pterophyllum sp. "Rio Momon Red Spot"
Pterophyllum scalare
Crenicara punctulatum
Dicrossus filamentosus >>> Checkerboard Cichlid
Cichlasoma dimerus
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
Cleithracara maronii >>> Kehole Cichlid
Laetacara curviceps >>> Dwarf Flag Cichlid
Laetacara dorsigera >>> Redbreast Acara
Laetacara thayeri
Nannacara anomala >>> Golden Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma agassizii
Apistogramma atahualpa
Apistogramma baenschi >>> Inca Apistogramma
Apistogramma bitaeniata
Apistogramma sp. "Black-chin/Schwarzkinn"
Apistogramma borellii >>> Banded Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma sp. "Breitbinden/Broad-banded"
Apistogramma cacatuoides >>> Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides (Orange Flash) >>> Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides (Red) >>> Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
Apistogramma elizabethae
Apistogramma cf. eunotus "Orangeschwanz/Orange-tail"
Apistogramma hongsloi
Apistogramma macmasteri
Apistogramma sp. "Mamor"
Apistogramma sp. "Maulbr"
Apistogramma nijsseni >>> Panda Apistogramma
Apistogramma panduro
Apistogramma sp. "Papagei/Parrot"
Apistogramma cf. resticulosa "Mamor"
Apistogramma rupununi
Apistogramma steindachneri
Apistogramma trifasciata
Apistogramma uaupesi
Apistogramma viejita
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus >>> Bolivian Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi >>> Ram
Taeniacara candidi
Acarichthys heckelii
Biotodoma sp. "Aripuana"
Biotodoma cupido >>> Cupid cichlid
Biotodoma sp. "Guyana"
Biotodoma wavrini
Geophagus` sp. "Bahia Red"
Geophagus` brasiliensis >>> Pearlscale Eartheater
Geophagus` crassilabris
Geophagus` iporangensis
Geophagus` pellegrini
Geophagus` steindachneri >>> Steiney
Geophagus abalios
Geophagus sp. "Altamira"
Geophagus altifrons
Geophagus altifrons (British Guyana)
Geophagus altifrons (Rio Xingu)
Geophagus cf. altifrons "Rio Tocantins"
Geophagus cf. altifrons "Rio Xingu"
Geophagus sp. "Araguari - Orange Head"
Geophagus argyrostictus
Geophagus aff. "argyrostictus"
Geophagus brachybranchus
Geophagus brokopondo
Geophagus camopiensis
Geophagus dicrozoster sp. "Columbia"
Geophagus grammepareius
Geophagus sp. "Pindare" (Parnaiba)
Geophagus proximus
Geophagus sp. "Rio Are"
Geophagus surinamensis
Geophagus taeniopareius
Geophagus sp. "Tapajos II" (Tapajos)
Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head"
Geophagus winemilleri sp. "Stripetail", sp. "Rio Negro I"
Guianacara sp. "Orinoco"
Guianacara owroewefi
Guianacara sp. "Red Cheek"
Guianacara sphenozona
Gymnogeophagus australis >>> Rainbow Eartheater
Gymnogeophagus balzanii
Gymnogeophagus sp. "Blue Neon"
Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
Gymnogeophagus labiatus
Gymnogeophagus meridionalis
Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus
Gymnogeophagus sp. "Verna"
Retroculus lapidifer
Retroculus xinguensis
Satanoperca acuticpes
Satanoperca daemon
Satanoperca jurupari >>> Devilfish
Satanoperca cf. jurupari "Rio Capim"
Satanoperca leucosticta
Satanoperca cf. leucosticta "Amazonas Red"
Satanoperca cf. Leucosticta "Goldspot"
Satanoperca lilith Two-spot Daemon
Satanoperca pappaterra
Satanoperca sp. "Redlip" sp. French Guiana, sp. Amap
Satanoperca sp. "Rio Xingu"
Heros efasciatus Severum
Heros severus
Hoplarchus psittacus >>> Green Parrot
Hypselecara coryphaenoides >>> Rio Negro Chocolate Cichlid
Hypselecara temporalis >>> Chocolate Cichlid
Amphilophus festae >>> Red Terror
Caquetaia kraussii
Caquetaia spectabilis
Caquetaia umbrifera >>> Umbie
Cichla ocellaris >>> Peacock Bass
Astronotus ocellatus >>> Oscar
Crenicichla sp. "Belly Crawler"
Crenicichla cincta
Crenicichla sp. "Cobra"
Crenicichla compressiceps
Crenicichla johanna
Crenicichla lucius
Crenicichla lugubris
Crenicichla marmorata
Crenicichla menezesi
Crenicichla sp. "Pacaya"
Crenicichla regani
Crenicichla saxatilis
Crenicichla semifasciata
Crenicichla strigatta
Crenicichla sp. "Tapajos Red" >>> Tapajos II
Crenicichla vittata
Crenicichla sp. "Xingu I"
Chaetobranchopsis australis >>> Basketmouth
Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis
Teleocichla centrarchus (Rio Xingu)
Uaru amphiacanthoides >>> Trangle Cichlid >>> Uaru
Uaru fernandezyepezi

hear are some to start with

fuzz16

pass peacock bass...they get way to big. some can get up to 3.5 feet.

are you looking for peaceful or aggressive?
there are oscars and severums(which could all under both), firemouths, africans, and what not, thier aggressive, convicts
or Discus, angelfish, dwarf cichlids which are more peaceful

herefishy

For the beginner, I'd recommend Salvinii, Port cichlids, Keyhole cichlids, Geo. balzanii, Geo. braziliensis, Geo. juripari. The geophagus family will sift gravel, but those mentioned should not uproot plants. They are kind of neat, too.

bolty

yes P-bass do get big but the Q was to give a list of SP. from south america whitch i did

fishman_20007

if you like aggresive fish you should check out the jaguar. they have a wonderful blueish purple hugh to them and they have teeth to shred feeders with.

Gump

Jaguire cichlids are central americans.