Hoplarchus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Hoplarchus psittacus-2.jpg | parent_authority = Kaup, 1860 | taxon = Hoplarchus psittacus | authority = (Heckel, 1840) | display_parents = 2 | synonyms = *''Heros psittacus'' Heckel, 1840 *''Aequidens psittacus'' (Heckel, 1840) *''Centrarchus cychla'' Jardine, 1843 *''Hoplarchus pentacanthus'' Kaup, 1860 }}

'''''Hoplarchus''''' is a genus of cichlid in the tribe Heroini. It contains the single species '''''Hoplarchus psittacus''''', which is endemic to the blackwater rivers in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, including the Rio Negro, Jamari, Preto da Eva, Urubu rivers and upper Orinoco drainages.<ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase |genus= Hoplarchus|species= psittacus| month = February | year = 2013}}</ref><ref name="lcichlids">Linke H, Staeck L (1994) ''American cichlids II: Large Cichlids. A handbook for their identification, care and breeding.'' Tetra Press. Germany. {{ISBN|1-56465-169-X}}</ref> This fish can reach a length of {{convert|35|cm|in}} TL and is important as a food fish to local indigenous peoples. This species is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish and is traded under the common name "parrot cichlid" (a name also used for one other species and a hybrid fish).<ref name="fishbase"/><ref name="baensch">{{cite book |last=Riehl |first=Rüdiger |author2=Baensch, HA |title=Aquarium Atlas |year=1996 |edition=5th |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=3-88244-050-3}}</ref>

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Category:Heroini Category:Monotypic freshwater fish genera Category:Cichlid genera Category:Freshwater fish of South America Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup