Freshwater ecoregion · South America · river & basin
Orinoco
6 species in the atlas are recorded from this freshwater ecoregion. It sits within The Orinoco Basin.
Ecoregion boundaries follow the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) framework; species are placed here from the documented range in each species profile.
Where these cichlids live
95 georeferenced records of this ecoregion's cichlids (GBIF + type localities; sampled). Click a point for the species.
Cichlids recorded here
Cichla · 1
- Cichla orinocensis · Orinoco peacock bass
Heros · 3
- Heros sp. "Casiquiare" · Casiquiare severum
- Heros sp. "Inirida" · Inirida Severum
- Heros sp. "Red Shoulders" · Red Shoulder severum
Mesonauta · 1
- Mesonauta sp. "Manapiare" · Festivum Cichlid 'Manapiare'