Nandopsis

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Nandopsis
Temporal range: 24.7–0 Ma[1][2] Late Oligocenepresent
Biajaca (N. tetracantus)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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