Skip’s Amphilophus Chancho Cichlid - Breeding Project Update

Animals of Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve Amphilophus chancho Chancho cichlid Several species of the Midas cichlid species complex (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) are found in Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua. The largest of the group in this lake is the chancho cichlid, Amphilophus chancho. The chancho cichlid (in Spanish, “mojarra chancho“) is endemic to the lake and it evolved there, and it was officially described in 2008, by Jay R. Stauffer, Jr., Jeffrey McCrary, and Karen Black. Until then, it was considered a color