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Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Mikrogeophagus
species
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi

Name

Synonyms
Apistogramma ramirezi Myers & Harry, 1948
Microgeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948)
Papiliochromis ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948)
Papilochromis ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948)
Homonyms
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948)
Common names
Acará-borboleta in Portuguese
Antennebaarsje in Dutch
Balloon Ram in English
Balloon Sunshine Gold Ram in English
Black Balloon Ram in English
Black Ram in English
Blue Ram Cichlid in English
Butterfly Cichlid in English
Butterfly Ram in English
Cíclido Mariposa de Ramirez in Spanish
Dwarf Butterfly Cichlid in English
German Blue Ram in English
Gold Balloon Ram in English
Gold Ram in English
Gold Ram Cichlid in English
Neon Blue Balloon Ram in English
Neon Blue Gold Head Balloon Ram in English
Neon Blue Gold Head Ram in English
Neon Blue Ram in English
Perhoskirjoahven in Finnish
Pielegniczka ramireza in Polish
Platinum Blue Ram in English
Ram in English
Ram cichlid in English
Ramirez's Cichlid in English
Ramirezi in Spanish
Red Base Blue Ram in English
Sommerfuglecichlide in Danish
Sunshine Gold Ram in English
Südamerikanischer Schmetterlingsbuntbars in German
cichlidka Ramirezova in Czech
Микрогеофагус Рамирези in Russian
拉氏小噬土丽鲷 in language.
拉氏小噬土麗鯛 in language.
Ramirezi in Spanish
Ram cichlid in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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