# Biotodoma

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Biotodoma cupido.png
| image_caption = ''[Biotodoma cupido](/source/Biotodoma_cupido)''
| taxon = Biotodoma
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann) & [C. H. Kennedy](/source/Clarence_Hamilton_Kennedy), 1903
| type_species = ''Geophagus cupido''
| type_species_authority = Heckel, 1840
}}

'''''Biotodoma''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [cichlid](/source/cichlid)s native to rivers in the [Amazon](/source/Amazon_Basin), [Orinoco](/source/Orinoco_River) and [Essequibo](/source/Essequibo_River) basins in [South America](/source/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](/source/Cryptic_species) 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](/source/Biotodoma_cupido)'' <small>([Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel), 1840)</small> (green-streaked eartheater)
* ''[Biotodoma wavrini](/source/Biotodoma_wavrini)'' <small>([J. P. Gosse](/source/Jean-Pierre_Gosse), 1963)</small> (Orinoco eartheater)

==References==
* {{ITIS |id=169887 |taxon=Biotodoma |accessdate=6 June 2006}}
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Category:Biotodoma
Category:Geophagini
Category:Cichlid genera
Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann

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