Biotodoma
Genus of fishes
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Biotodoma is a small genus of cichlids native to rivers in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in South America.
| Biotodoma | |
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| Biotodoma cupido | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Subtribe: | Geophagina |
| Genus: | Biotodoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Geophagus cupido Heckel, 1840 | |
Species
There are two currently recognized species in the genus,[1] but additional cryptic species are known to exist.[2]
- Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) (green-streaked eartheater)
- Biotodoma wavrini (J. P. Gosse, 1963) (Orinoco eartheater)