Nannacara

Nannacara is a genus of small freshwater cichlid fish endemic to South America. The genus is part of the Cichlasomatini tribe of the Cichlasomatinae subfamily. In the aquarium hobby, the fish is considered a dwarf cichlid along with Apistogramma, Mikrogeophagus, and Dicrossus species. Nannacara anomala is the most commonly encountered species in the aquarium trade.

Nannacara
Nannacara anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Cichlasomatini
Genus:	Nannacara Regan, 1905
Type species
Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Nannacara adoketa S. O. Kullander & Preda-Pedreros, 1993 (Zebra acara)
• Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905 (Goldeneye cichlid)
• Nannacara aureocephalus Allgayer, 1983
• Nannacara bimaculata C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Nannacara quadrispinae Staeck & I. Schindler, 2004
• Nannacara taenia Regan, 1912

In a book published in 2006, Nannacara adoketa and Nannacara bimaculata were reassigned to the new genus Ivanacara.^[2] This change has not been recognized by FishBase,^[1] but it has been adopted by the Catalog of Fishes.^[3]