Midas cichlid
Amphilophus citrinellus
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- National record
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Recorded profile
- habitat summary
- Prefers clear-water, box-cut canals with lots of shoreline crevices that they use to hide from predators.
- diet
- Feeding Habits: Feed primarily on snails and other benthic material including aquatic insects, small fishes, and some plant and animal matter attached to or associated with submerged logs, leaves, rocks, etc.
- preferred bait
- Not recorded
- preferred lures
- Not recorded
- techniques
- Not recorded
- peak months
- Not recorded
States with a source record
Source evidence by state
- Florida — Midas Cichlid · enriched: myfwc.com · www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu · myfwc.com
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