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Dimerus cichlid

Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)

Status not recordedbony fish

The dimerus cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the dimerus cichlid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dimerus cichlid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dimerus cichlid as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dimerus cichlid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dimerus cichlid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusCichlasoma
  7. SpeciesCichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)

Synonyms Acara dimerus, Acara marginatus, Heros centralis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • ChanchitaSpanish
  • kaksoskirjoahvenFinnish
  • AcaráPortuguese
  • Ciclasoma-de-SantiagoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dimerus cichlid

Other species in the same genus Cichlasoma.

Black acara

Cichlasoma bimaculatum

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

Port acara

Cichlasoma portalegrense

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the dimerus cichlid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dimerus cichlid as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dimerus cichlid?

The dimerus cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dimerus cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimerus-cichlid

MLA

“Dimerus cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimerus-cichlid.

BibTeX
@misc{dimerus_cichlid_2026,
  title = {Dimerus cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimerus-cichlid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}