Everything about Ram Cichlid totally explained
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi is a species of
freshwater fish endemic to the
Orinoco River basin, in the
savannahs of
Venezuela and
Colombia in
South America. The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour and is a popular
aquarium fish, traded under a variety of
common names including
Ram,
Blue ram,
German blue ram,
Asian ram,
Butterfly cichlid,
Ramirez's dwarf cichlid,
Dwarf butterfly cichlid and
Ramirezi. The species is a member of the
family Cichlidae and is included in subfamily
Geophaginae.
Appearance and sexual dimorphism
The wild-type of the species has a yellow-green background colour punctuated with blue dots that extend into the
dorsal,
anal and
caudal fins. Wild-type specimens also have seven faint, interrupted dark vertical stripes on the flanks and one stripe vertically downwards across the head through the eye. The vertical stripe through the eye aside, the second bar on the flank is frequently the most intense, appearing as a dark black spot in the relatively unbarred, aquarium-bred strains of the species. The water at sites were
M. ramirezi has been found to occur is generally slow-flowing, contains few
dissolved minerals, and ranges in colour from clear to darkly stained with
tannins. or directly into small depressions dug in the gravel.
George S. Myers and R. R. Harry (1948) originally described the species as
Apistogramma ramirezi though the species was latter moved to and from various genera including:
Microgeophagus,
Papiliochromis,
Pseudoapistogramma and
Pseudogeophagus.
In the aquarium
The ram cichlid is a popular
cichlid for the tropical
freshwater,
community aquarium although it isn't necessarily the easiest cichlid to maintain in many situations. Many of these varieties suffer from lower fertility, health problems or reduced brood care in comparison to wild-type specimens.
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