Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Hypsophrys
Species:	H. nicaraguensis
Binomial name
	Hypsophrys nicaraguensis; (Günther, 1864)
Synonyms
	Heros nicaraguensis Günther, 1864; Cichlasoma nicaraguense (Günther, 1864); Copora nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864); Herichthys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864); Hypsophrys unimaculatus Agassiz, 1859; Heros balteatus T.N. Gill, 1877; Cichlasoma balteatum (T.N. Gill, 1877); Cichlasoma spilotum Meek, 1912;

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, the moga, is a species of cichlid native to the Atlantic slope of Central America, from Nicaragua to Costa Rica.^[1] The species is a popular aquarium fish and is traded under a variety of common names that include nickie, parrot cichlid, macaw cichlid, butterfly cichlid and nicaraguense.^[1] In Costa Rica it is known as a vieja.^[2]

Feeding[]

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis is able to protrude its jaw to 3.8% of its standard length limiting its diet to only 1% evasive prey.^[3]

Classification[]

The species was formerly the only representative of its genus, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Cichlasomatinae.^[1] However, the Poor man's tropheus, formerly Neetroplus nematopus, has also been placed into the genus Hypsophrys, as Hypsophrys nematopus.^[4]

Conservation[]

It occurs in the Maquenque National Wildlife Refuge.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hypsophrys nicaraguensis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
^ ^a ^b Mauricio Salas Varga (July 2008). Humedales de Ramsar (FIR) – Versión 2006-2008 (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Centro Científico Tropical. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ Hulsey, C. D.; Garcia De Leon, F. J. (2005). "Cichlid jaw mechanics: Linking morphology to feeding specialization". Functional Ecology. 19 (3): 487. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00987.x.
^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

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[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hypsophrys nicaraguensis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.

[CCT.Ramsar-2] Mauricio Salas Varga (July 2008). Humedales de Ramsar (FIR) – Versión 2006-2008 (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Centro Científico Tropical. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[3] Hulsey, C. D.; Garcia De Leon, F. J. (2005). "Cichlid jaw mechanics: Linking morphology to feeding specialization". Functional Ecology. 19 (3): 487. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00987.x.

[pfk-4] "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

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