Mikrogeophagus 5178151 196892018 2008-03-09T00:23:18Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Mikrogeophagus'' | image = Schmetterlingsbuntbarsch.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Mikrogeophagus ramirezi]]'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Perciformes]] | familia = [[Cichlidae]] | genus = '''''Mikrogeophagus''''' | genus_authority = Meulengracht-Madson in Schiƶtz & Christensen, 1968 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Mikrogeophagus altispinosa]]''<br/> ''[[Mikrogeophagus ramirezi]]'' }} ''[[Mikrogeophagus]]'' is a [[neotropical]] [[cichlid]] [[genus]]. The genus Mikrogeophagus includes only two species. ''[[Mikrogeophagus ramirezi|M. ramirezi]]'' and ''[[Mikrogeophagus altispinosa|M. altispinosa]]''. Both species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus ''[[Apistogramma]]''. Fishes from this genus are sometimes recorded as ''Papiliochromis'' or ''Microgeophagus'' though these genera should be regarded as a [[junior synonym]]s. (Kullander, 2003) ==References== * Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. * {{FishBase genus | genus = Mikrogeophagus | month = May | year = 2006}} [[Category:Cichlidae]] [[de:Mikrogeophagus]] [[fr:Mikrogeophagus]] [[no:Sommerfuglciklider]] [[pl:Mikrogeophagus]]