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Common Name: redhead cichlid
Synonyms and Other Names: pastel cichlid, quetzal cichlid
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Synonyms or other names include Cichlasoma synspilus and C. hicklingi. The species is included in identification keys of Greenfield and Thomerson (1997). Konings (1989) and Conkel (1993) discussed color variants and provided photographs. Photographs also appeared in Axelrod (1993).
Size: 30 cm (Conkel 1993).
Native Range: Tropical America. Atlantic Slope of Middle America including southern Mexico (Usumarinata River basin), Guatemala, and Belize (Conkel 1993; Greenfield and Thomerson 1997).
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| NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
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Common Name: redhead cichlid
Synonyms and Other Names: pastel cichlid, quetzal cichlid
Taxonomy: available through
Identification: Synonyms or other names include Cichlasoma synspilus and C. hicklingi. The species is included in identification keys of Greenfield and Thomerson (1997). Konings (1989) and Conkel (1993) discussed color variants and provided photographs. Photographs also appeared in Axelrod (1993).
Size: 30 cm (Conkel 1993).
Native Range: Tropical America. Atlantic Slope of Middle America including southern Mexico (Usumarinata River basin), Guatemala, and Belize (Conkel 1993; Greenfield and Thomerson 1997).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: A single fish (104 mm SL, 58 g) was taken with boat-mounted electrofishing gear from Gateway Lake at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Pennington County, South Dakota, on 15 September 1993 (museum specimen).
Means of Introduction: Probable aquarium release.
Status: Reported from South Dakota.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Voucher specimens: South Dakota (UF 96525).
Axelrod, H. R. 1993. The most complete colored lexicon of cichlids. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Conkel, D. 1993. Cichlids of North and Central America. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Konings, A. 1989. Cichlids from Central America. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott. 1991b. World fishes important to North Americans exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 21. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. 243 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 6/7/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Cichlasoma synspilum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?SpeciesID=451> Revision Date: 6/7/1999
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