Mexican fish /cichlids and others

[marge618]

Hi Fish Friends,
I haven't been on this site for months.
I am taking a beginning Spanish class and need to be able to show fellow Spanish students the tropical fish from Mexico.

I really do not know which fish are from Mexico...cichlids and others.
Would appreciate basic info (common name, scientific name, range, requirements and pictures). YUP..lots of pictures
Marge Collins

 

[dogofwar]

Marge there are no shortage of cichlids from Mexico - http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/collecting_in_mexico.php

They probably know them as guapote and mojarra.

Also, goodeid livebearers (and many others) are endemic to Mexico.

The Cichlid Room Companion has a great breakdown of species by region (although you need a CRC membership to view it): http://www.cichlidae.com/ecoregion.php?id=175

Matt

 

[Frank Cowherd]

Swordtails are native to Mexico. XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI These are the green wild variety, very nice. They were in Lake Xochimilco and the canal systems in Mexico City where they have the tourist flower boats.

Firemouths are native to Mexico Thorichthys meeki. When Carol and I lived there, we saw boys catch them, squewer them on sticks and cook them over a fire before eating them. They were the best looking firemouths you could ever hope to see.

There were bunches of plain grey/silver native tetras and lots of guppies but I do not think guppies were native to Mexico.

 

[Jt731]

At the ALA convention a guy named John Lyons spoke about Mexican fish. He's been collecting there for years

http://www.goodeidworkinggroup.com/...nd-population-trends-of-mexican-goodeids-2011

http://www.mexfish.info/default.php

 

[unknown_saint]

lots of cichlids, of course. but one of my favorite non-"monster" species is astyanax mexicanus, the mexican blind cave tetra.