{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Caquetia myersi.jpg | image_caption = ''Caquetaia myersi'' | taxon = Caquetaia | display_parents = 3 | authority = Fowler, 1945 | type_species = ''Caquetaia amploris'' | type_species_authority = Fowler, 1945 }}
'''''Caquetaia''''' is a small genus of cichlid fishes from tropical South America. The genus currently contains three species. ''Caquetaia spp.'' are ambush predators that predominantly feed on invertebrates. Seasonal fluctuations in water level have been shown to contribute to ''Caquetaia spp.'' consuming a larger variety of invertebrates, especially when the water level is low during dry seasons.<ref name = Röpke>{{cite journal | author1 = C. P. Röpke | author2 = E. Ferreira | author3 = J Zuanon | year=2014 | title = Seasonal changes in the use of feeding resources by fish in stands of aquatic macrophytes in an Amazonian floodplain, Brazil | journal = Environmental Biology of Fishes | volume = 97 | issue = 4 | pages = 401–414| doi = 10.1007/s10641-013-0160-4 | bibcode = 2014EnvBF..97..401R | s2cid = 254467231 }}</ref> ''Caquetaia'' are known for their highly protrusible jaws, an adaptation hypothesized to improve their ability to capture prey by enhancing overall ram velocity.<ref name = Waltzek>{{cite journal | author1 = T. B. Waltzek | author2 = P. C. Wainwright| year=2003 | title = Functional Morphology of Extreme Jaw Protrusion in Neotropical Cichlids | journal = Journal of Morphology | volume = 257 | issue = 1| pages = 96–106| doi = 10.1002/jmor.10111| pmid = 12740901| doi-access = free}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Caquetaia| month = June | year = 2018}}</ref>
* ''Caquetaia kraussii'' <small>(Steindachner, 1878)</small> * ''Caquetaia myersi'' <small>(L. P. Schultz, 1944)</small> * ''Caquetaia spectabilis'' <small>(Steindachner, 1875)</small>
The turquoise (or umbee) cichlid was formerly included, but is now placed in its own genus ''Kronoheros''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Caquetaia Category:Cichlid fish of South America Category:Cichlid genera Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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