Nandopsis
Genus of fishes
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Nandopsis is a small genus of cichlid fishes found in lakes, streams and rivers in Cuba and Hispaniola. Nandopsis are the only cichlids native to the Antilles.
| Nandopsis Temporal range: | |
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| Biajaca (N. tetracantus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Nandopsis T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Centrarchus tetracanthus Valenciennes, 1831 | |
Species
The genus currently contains three extant species, as well as one fossil species from the late Oligocene epoch. An additional species, N. vombergae is recognized by some, but considered a synonym of N. haitiensis by FishBase.[3]
- Nandopsis haitiensis (Tee-Van, 1935) (Haitian cichlid) - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)[4]
- Nandopsis ramsdeni (Fowler, 1938) (Joturo) - Cuba[5]
- Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes, 1831) (Biajaca) - Cuba[6]
- † Nandopsis woodringi Graham, 1990 (Haiti)[1]