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FIGURE 1 - Pike Cichlid Crenicichla lepidota - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Pike Cichlid Crenicichla lepidota adult below juvenile above - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lindsey Deignan May 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Crenicichla mandelburgeri - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lindsey Deignan May 2008).
FIGURE 4 - Crenicichla mandelburgeri - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Ted Faust May 2008).
FIGURE 5 - Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith May 2013).
FIGURE 6 - Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis juvenile - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2014).
CICHLIDAE - CICHLIDS
Though they reach their greatest diversity in Africa, where in some areas every lake seems to have its own species, the Cichlids also make it to South America, albeit in some cases with the help of man! They are distinctive, often ornate fish with long, flowing dorsal fins and rounded tails.