Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Golden firemouth cichlid

  FAMILY -               Cichlidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Cichlasoma aureum

  SYNONYMS - Heros aureus-Gunther 1862

  REFERENCES - 01

  

                                                              
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Toledo                                                               1
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Sarstoon Delta Wildlife Sanctuary     Collected as voucher                  1
  Machaca Creek Forest Reserve          Collected as voucher                  1
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Temash River                         1
  Rio Grande                           1
  

  Elevation        Reference

  1-200 m               1
  201-400 m             1
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15'           1
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Subtropical wet                              1
  Tropical wet-transition to Subtropical       1
  

  General Distribution Comments

  1* Occurs only in southern part of country.

  References

  1  Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental
     Waters of Belize. University Press of Florida.