Most of the South American short seabreams belong to the genus A (Apistogramma), such as: Apistogramma cacatuoides, Apistogramma bitaeniate, but because the short seabream is only for The name of small cichlids, so in addition to genus A, there are also colorful phoenixes (Dutch Phoenix, Microgeophagus amirezi) of genus M (genus Microgeophagus) and short cichlids of genus B (genus Biotoecus) native to river basins, such as: Emerald snapper (Biotoecus opercularis) and many more.

Type characteristics

Collecting and raising various species of South American short sea bream is another kind of fun besides raising and breeding. It may be caused by geographical isolation. South American short sea bream is in There are obvious regional species among cichlids, so there is often ambiguity and controversy over the classification of some fish species. Also because of different origins, the appreciation value of South American short snapper also varies. Taking the short sea bream as an example, it can be roughly divided into wild species and artificially cultivated individuals. Wild species are individual fish caught directly from the wild environment. At most, they have only undergone a period of artificial fasting and breeding. However, they are not necessarily collected from the same water area, so there will be slight differences in morphology.

Most of the artificially bred individuals are the first (F1) or second (F2) offspring. Although there is not much problem with the stability of the breed, the offspring produced by breeders with different management strategies often have many differences in body shape and color. For example, the German breeds are bred with quality as the first consideration. , its skill can be seen in the saturation of the color, and the price is also higher; while Southeast Asian breeds, which have always won by quantity, are cheaper, but are slightly inferior in color.