Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Northern checkmark cichlid FAMILY - Cichlidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cichlasoma intermedium SYNONYMS - Heros intermedius- Gunther 1862 REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Orange Walk 2 Cayo 1 Belize 1 Orange Walk 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Whitewater Lagoon (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 2 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher 1 Manatee Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Belize River 1 Sibun River 1 Ramgoat Creek 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 201-400 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 General Distribution Comments 2* in swiftly running Laboring Creek, not seen in lagoon References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press. 2 de Rahm, Patrick. 1990. Summary Report of the Freshwater Fishes and Aquatic Ecosystems Observed in Belize. ITCF unpublished report.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98