Description

Also known as Blue Ram, Bolivian Butterfly, Bolivian Butterfly Cichlid, Butterfly Ram, Dwarf Cichlid, Hi-fin Ram, Ruby Crown Cichlid.

Found in schools, among leaf debris and tangled tree roots, over mud and sand substrates in drainage ditches of the Amazon River basin and the Madeira Basin of Bolivia and Brazil.
They feed on zooplankton.
Length - 5.6cm
Depth - ?m
Widespread South America

A freshwater fish often seen in the aquarium trade.
These fish brood their eggs in their mouths to protect their young. Ref: https://www.fishbase.in/summary/Mikrogeophagus-altispinosus.html