Skips Amphilophus Chancho Cichlid Breeding Project Update

Animals of Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve Amphilophus chancho Chancho cichlid Several species of the Midas 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