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🇬🇹 Fish of Guatemala

6 fish from Guatemala, best known first.

Reef or sea River or lake Fishing harbour Fish market Aquarium or research City

🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreXiphophorus A genus of small livebearing fish native to Mexico and Central America, known for aquarium use and genetic research.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreMexican molly Small livebearing fish from Mexico and Central America.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreSalvin's cichlid A colourful Central American river fish with a yellow body and red belly.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 moreConvict cichlid Striped Central American cichlid popular in home aquariumsCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1867

🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreFiremouth cichlid Central American cichlid with a bright red throatCichlid · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Convict cichlid: S. Olkowicz - User Hippocampus on pl.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mexican molly: Taken by Darkmax, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Salvin's cichlid: Banteo, Public domain, source
Firemouth cichlid: Doronenko, CC BY 3.0, source

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