{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Biotodoma cupido.png | image_caption = ''Biotodoma cupido'' | taxon = Biotodoma | display_parents = 3 | authority = C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 | type_species = ''Geophagus cupido'' | type_species_authority = Heckel, 1840 }}
'''''Biotodoma''''' is a small genus of cichlids native to rivers in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in South America.
==Species== There are two currently recognized species in the genus,<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Biotodoma| month = February | year = 2013}}</ref> but additional cryptic species are known to exist.<ref name=Carvalho2019>Carvalho, A.P.C., R.A. Collins, J.G. Martínez, I.P. Farias, and T. Hrbek (2019). From shallow to deep divergences: mixed messages from Amazon Basin cichlids. Hydrobiologia 832(1): 317–329. {{doi|10.1007/s10750-018-3790-x}}</ref>
* ''Biotodoma cupido'' <small>(Heckel, 1840)</small> (green-streaked eartheater) * ''Biotodoma wavrini'' <small>(J. P. Gosse, 1963)</small> (Orinoco eartheater)
==References== * {{ITIS |id=169887 |taxon=Biotodoma |accessdate=6 June 2006}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Biotodoma Category:Geophagini Category:Cichlid genera Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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