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Explore 12 detailed profiles. Search by scientific name, common name or aquarium strain.

12 species profiles

Cockatoo dwarf cichlidBeginner

A. cacatuoides

Upper Amazon · Peru & Brazil

Temperature: 23–27 °C
Target pH: 6–7.5
Plan from: 75 L

Agassiz’s dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. agassizii

Amazon basin · Peru & Brazil

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 5.5–7
Plan from: 75 L

Umbrella dwarf cichlidBeginner

A. borellii

Paraguay–Paraná basin

Temperature: 21–25 °C
Target pH: 6–7.5
Plan from: 60 L

Macmaster’s dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. macmasteri

Upper Meta basin · Colombia

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 5.5–7
Plan from: 75 L

Hongslo’s dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. hongsloi

Meta & Vichada · Orinoco basin

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 5.5–7
Plan from: 75 L

Blue panda dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. panduro

Ucayali & Tahuayo · Peru

Temperature: 24–27 °C
Target pH: 5–6.5
Plan from: 90 L

Panda dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. nijsseni

Ucayali tributaries · Peru

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 5–6.5
Plan from: 90 L

Inka dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. baenschi

Huallaga tributaries · Peru

Temperature: 22–26 °C
Target pH: 5–6.5
Plan from: 90 L

Three-striped dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. trifasciata

Guaporé & Paraguay–Paraná

Temperature: 21–25 °C
Target pH: 5.5–7
Plan from: 75 L

Two-striped dwarf cichlidAdvanced

A. bitaeniata

Western Amazon basin

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 5–6.5
Plan from: 90 L

Steindachner’s dwarf cichlidIntermediate

A. steindachneri

Guianas · Atlantic drainages

Temperature: 21–25 °C
Target pH: 5.5–7
Plan from: 110 L

Elizabeth’s dwarf cichlidAdvanced

A. elizabethae

Uaupés & Içana · Rio Negro

Temperature: 24–28 °C
Target pH: 4.5–6
Plan from: 75 L