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Guapote

Parachromis dovii (Günther, 1864)

Status not recordedbony fish

The guapote (Parachromis dovii) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the guapote

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 guapote live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the guapote as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Jamaicainvasive

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 guapote 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 guapote classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusParachromis
  7. SpeciesParachromis dovii (Günther, 1864)

Synonyms Cichlasoma dovii, Herichthys dovii, Heros dovii, Nandopsis dovii

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Dow's cichlidEnglish
  • Rainbow bassEnglish
  • Wolf cichlidEnglish
  • kančík DovůvCzech
  • Guapote-cichlideDanish
  • LaguneroSpanish
  • leopardikirjoahvenFinnish
  • Ciclídeo-arco-írisPortuguese
  • Cíclido Jaguar MagníficoSpanish
  • Guapote BlancoSpanish
  • Guapote laguneroSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the guapote

Other species in the same genus Parachromis.

Freddy

Parachromis friedrichsthalii

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

Mota

Parachromis motaguensis

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGuapote vs Aztec cichlidGuapote vs FreddyGuapote vs MotaGuapote vs Parachromis loisellei

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the guapote an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the guapote as invasive in 1 country: Jamaica. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the guapote?

The guapote (Parachromis dovii) 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). Guapote (Parachromis dovii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/guapote

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BibTeX
@misc{guapote_2026,
  title = {Guapote (Parachromis dovii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/guapote},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}