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Amphilophus "Chancho" Exciting New Breeding Project Update 7/06/2017

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Several species of the Citrinellus cichlid species complex (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) are found in Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua. The largest of the group in this lake is the chancho cichlid, Amphilophus chancho. The chancho cichlid (in Spanish, "mojarra chancho") is endemic to the lake and it evolved there, and it was officially described in 2008, by Jay R. Stauffer, Jr., Jeffrey McCrary, and Karen Black. Until then, it was considered a color form or Evolutionary Significant Unit of the species Amphilophus citrinellus, whose recognized name in earlier literature is Cichlasoma citrinellum. To date, six species in Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) species group have been described in Lake Apoyo, and evidence suggests that more are yet to be discovered from there. The chancho cichlid is easily seen in appropriate habitat while SCUBA diving. Nesting activity is concentrated in the dry season, when pairs may be quite easily sighted in or around nesting caves. Both members of the breeding pair guard their fry around forty days. Males are typically much larger than females in the breeding pairs. When not breeding, the chancho cichlids tend to school, in combination with other members of the Midas cichlid species complex or sometimes, as a single-species school.
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