Hypselecara is a small genus of cichlids native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. H. temporalis is a relatively common aquarium fish known in the aquarium trade as the chocolate cichild.
| Hypselecara | |
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| Emerald Cichlid (H. temporalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Hypselecara S. O. Kullander, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Heros temporalis Günther, 1862
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel, 1840)
- Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862) (Emerald cichlid)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Hypselecara.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hypselecara". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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