Aequidens Photo Thread

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I used to keep 2 breeding pairs of Green Terrors. On one occasion I put both males in the same tank.
The madness that ensued:
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here a blue acara that at my LFS
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And here my old blue acara
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A. michaeli seems to be rare in the states japes ... I've only seen them once, in the late John O'Malley's collection that was sold via Jeff Rapps.
 
darth pike;4117187; said:
Neither of those species are Aequidens though ...

but you could add those pics to the acara photo thread here: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208861&highlight=acara+photo+thread
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um .... aequidens family
this family includes
Aequidens awani Haseman, 1911 Aequidens viridis
Aequidens biseriatus (Regan, 1913) Aequidens biseriatus
Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956 Aequidens chimantanus
Aequidens coeruleopunctatus (Kner, 1863) Aequidens coeruleopunctatus
Aequidens curviceps (Ahl, 1923) Laetacara curviceps~~Flag acara
Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens diadema
Aequidens dorsiger (Heckel, 1840) Laetacara dorsigera~~Redbreast acara
Aequidens dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) Laetacara dorsigera~~Redbreast acara
Aequidens duopunctata Haseman, 1911 Aequidens pallidus~~Doublespot acara
Aequidens duopunctatus Haseman, 1911 Aequidens pallidus~~Doublespot acara
Aequidens epae Kullander, 1995 Aequidens epae
Aequidens flavescens (Heckel, 1840) Chaetobranchus flavescens
Aequidens flavilabris (Cope, 1870) Laetacara flavilabris
Aequidens geayi (Pellegrin, 1902) Guianacara geayi
Aequidens gerciliae Kullander, 1995 Aequidens gerciliae
Aequidens guaporensis Haseman, 1911 Aequidens viridis
Aequidens guianensis (Regan, 1905) Krobia guianensis~~Krobia
Aequidens hercules Allen, 1942 Crenicara punctulatum~~Checkerboard cichlid
Aequidens hoehnei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) Aequidens hoehnei
Aequidens itanyi Puyo, 1943 Krobia itanyi~~Dolphin cichlid
Aequidens latifrons (non Steindachner, 1878) Aequidens pulcher~~Blue acara
Aequidens latifrons (Steindachner, 1878) Aequidens latifrons~~Platinum acara
Aequidens madeirae Fowler, 1913 Crenicara punctulatum~~Checkerboard cichlid
Aequidens mariae Eigenmann, 1922 Bujurquina mariae
Aequidens maronii (Steindachner, 1881) Cleithracara maronii~~Keyhole cichlid
Aequidens mauesanus Kullander, 1997 Aequidens mauesanus
Aequidens metae Eigenmann, 1922 Aequidens metae~~Yellow acara
Aequidens michaeli Kullander, 1995 Aequidens michaeli
Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens pallidus~~Doublespot acara
Aequidens paloemeuensis Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 Aequidens paloemeuensis
Aequidens paraguayensis Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 Bujurquina vittataBanded acara
Aequidens patricki Kullander, 1984 Aequidens patricki
Aequidens plagiozonatus Kullander, 1984 Aequidens plagiozonatus
Aequidens portalegrensis (non Hensel, 1870) Cichlasoma bimaculatum~~Black acara
Aequidens portalegrensis (Hensel, 1870) Cichlasoma portalegrense
Aequidens potaroensis (non Eigenmann, 1912) Krobia guianensisKrobia
Aequidens potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912 Aequidens potaroensis
Aequidens psittacus (Heckel, 1840) Hoplarchus psittacus
Aequidens pulcher (Gill, 1858) Aequidens pulcher~~Blue acara
Aequidens pulchrus (Gill, 1858) Aequidens pulcher~~Blue acara
Aequidens rivulatus (Günther, 1860) Aequidens rivulatus~~Green terror
Aequidens rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) Aequidens rondoni
Aequidens sapayensis (Regan, 1903) Aequidens sapayensis~~Sapayo cichlid
Aequidens stollei Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 Aequidens tetramerus~~Saddle cichlid
Aequidens syspilus (Cope, 1872) Bujurquina syspilus
Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens tetramerus~~Saddle cichlid
Aequidens tubicen Kullander & Ferreira, 1991 Aequidens tubicen
Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens viridis
Aequidens vittatus (Heckel, 1840) Bujurquina vittata~~Banded acara
Aequidens vittatus (non Heckel, 1840) Krobia guianensis~~Krobia

sorry for the huge spam but back to the show
here is my blue acara (Aequidens pulcher)
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How olds the list? I know it's pedantic, but the Andinoacara genus was recently classified to properly describe some members of the Aequidens genus, Blue Acara and the Green Terrors being the most predominant and popular.

Cichlidae.com is up to date, and a valuable resource.

The following species were moved to the genus Andinoacara in 2009.

coeruleopunctatus
pulcher
rivulatus
sapayenesis
sp. "Gold Saum" (aequinoctalis)
stalsbergi
biseratius
latifrons

http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/genus.php?id=269 for Andinoacara species.
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/genus.php?id=74 for Aequidens species.
 
Actually, those are known the acara group informally ... formally it would be the Cichlasomatini tribe ... which would include the port cichlids as well.

Aequidens is a specific genus, acara is generic ...

Kind of like geo is generic for the entire Geophagine subtribe, while Geophagus is a single genus within that subtribe.
 
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