''Andinoacara'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of fish in the family

Cichlidae Cichlids () are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...

. The genus was described in 2009.Musilova, Rican and Novak, 2009
''Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of a new genus''.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 47 Issue 3, Pages 209 - 304 (August 2009) Before this the members of ''Andinoacara'' were placed in the " catch-all" genus ''

Aequidens ''Aequidens'' is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined ''Aequidens'' is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only ...

'' although they are not closely related to the other members of this genus. The genus ''Andinoacara'' is restricted to freshwater habitats in northwestern South America (

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and the

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

Basin west to the Pacific coast of South America as far south as

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

) and southern Central America (

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and

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). There are no members of the genus in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W.N., & R. Fricke, eds. (2013).
Catalog of Fishes
''. Online version, 14 May 2013. * ''

Andinoacara biseriatus ''Andinoacara biseriatus'', is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, native to the Atrato, Baudo, and San Juan River basins in Colombia. Description Males can reach a length of total in length. Lifecycle ...

'' (Regan, 1913) * ''

Andinoacara blombergi ''Andinoacara blombergi'' is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found on the South American Pacific slope, in the Esmeraldas River The Esmeraldas River is a river in northwestern Ecuador that flows into the Pacific Ocean at the ...

'' Wijkmark, S. O. Kullander & Barriga S., 2012Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S.O. & Barriga S., R.E. (2012)
''Andinoacara blombergi'', a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of ''A. rivulatus'' (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 117-137.'' * '' Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus'' (Kner, 1863) * ''

Andinoacara latifrons ''Andinoacara latifrons'', the platinum acara, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, native to the Magdalena, Atrato, Sinú, and San Juan River basins in Colombia. The scientific species name is indicative ...

'' (Steindachner, 1878) (Platinum acara) * ''

Andinoacara pulcher The blue acara (''Andinoacara pulcher'') is a colorful freshwater fish in the cichlid family."Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of ...

'' (Gill, 1858) (Blue acara) * '' Andinoacara rivulatus'' (Gunther, 1860) (Green terror) * '' Andinoacara sapayensis'' ( Regan, 1903) (Sapayo cichlid) * '' Andinoacara stalsbergi'' Musilová, I. Schindler & Staeck, 2009Musilova, Schindler and Staeck, 2009
''Description of Andinoacara stalsbergi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatini) from Pacific coastal rivers in Peru, and annotations on the phylogeny of the genus''
, Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 59 Issue 2, (December 2009)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q492105 Cichlasomatini Freshwater fish genera Cichlid genera