Parachromis dovii

Parachromis dovii, the guapote, rainbow bass, or wolf cichlid, is a species of cichlid native to Central America where it occurs on the slopes of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It grows to a length of 72 cm (28.3 in) TL, and it is important to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a gamefish.[1]

Parachromis dovii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Parachromis
Species:
P. dovii
Binomial name
Parachromis dovii
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Heros dovii Günther, 1864
  • Cichlasoma dovii (Günther, 1864)
  • Herichthys dovii (Günther, 1864)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) of the Panama Railroad Company. As a ship captain and amateur naturalist, he collected the type specimen.[2]

Conservation

It occurs in the Maquenque National Wildlife Refuge.[3]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parachromis dovii" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. Mauricio Salas Varga (July 2008). Humedales de Ramsar (FIR) – Versión 2006-2008 (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Centro Científico Tropical. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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