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Common Name: yellowbelly cichlid
Synonyms and Other Names: yellowbelly cichlid, tricolor cichlid, guapote tricolor.
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Distinguishing characteristics were given by Meek (1904). The species is included in keys in Greenfield and Thomerson (1997). A few distinguishing characteristics and color photographs were provided by Conkel (1993). Photographs also appeared in Konings (1989) and Axelrod (1993, referenced as Herichthys salvini).
Size: 22 cm SL (Conkel 1993).
Native Range: Tropical America. Atlantic Slope drainages of Middle America from Río
Papaloapan, Mexico, south to Sulphur River, Guatemala (Conkel 1993;
Greenfield and Thomerson 1997).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: A population was established in a rock pit or borrow pit adjacent to the abandoned tourist attraction "Pirate's World" in Dania, southern Broward County, Florida, ca. 1980; that population was eradicated by state personnel in 1981 (Courtenay et al. 1984; Courtenay and Stauffer 1990). The borrow pit site later was converted into a parking lot and no longer exists. A second established population was documented in the South New River Canal (C-11 Canal), Broward County, during collecting efforts in 1990 and again in 1993 (Smith-Vaniz, personal communication). Additional specimens were collected from the same canal in 1992, 1993, and 1994 (Shafland 1995b).
Means of Introduction: Probable aquarium release (Courtenay and Stauffer 1990). Shafland (1995b) speculated that the rock pit population eliminated in 1981 could be the source of the South New River Canal population, or it could be the result of a recent illegal introduction.
Status: Established in south Florida.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Although information on the existence of the first Florida population
was published, the exact location of the borrow pit was mistakenly
identified as being in Dade County (e.g., Courtenay and Hensley 1979a,
1980). Shafland (1995b) indicated that the rock pit is located only a
few kilometers from the South New River Canal. An underwater photograph
of a live C. salvini inhabiting the Broward County rock pit was published in Courtenay (1980).
Voucher specimens: Florida (UF 90533, 92188, 93543).
Axelrod, H. R. 1993. The most complete colored lexicon of cichlids. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Conkel, D. 1993. Cichlids of North and Central America. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr. 1980. Exotic fish: environmental roulette. Water Spectrum 12(4):10-17.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., and J. R. Stauffer, Jr.. 1990. The introduced fish problem and the aquarium fish industry. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 21(3):145-159.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., D. A. Hensley, J. N. Taylor, and J. A. McCann. 1984. Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. Pages 41-77 in W. R. Courtenay, Jr., and J. R. Stauffer, Jr., editors. Distribution, biology and management of exotic fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Greenfield, D. W., and J. E. Thomerson. In press. Fishes of the continental waters of Belize. Universities of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL.
Konings, A. 1989. Cichlids from Central America. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Meek, S. E. 1904. The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Field Columbian Museum, Zoology Series.
Smith-Vaniz, W. F., J. D. Williams, L. G. Nico, and W. Loftus. Key to the cichlid fishes of Florida. Unpublished mimeograph (in prep).
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 11/17/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Cichlasoma salvini. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=449> Revision Date: 11/17/1999
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