title: Aequidens
text: # Aequidens
  
  Aequidens is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined Aequidens is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only exceptions are A. plagiozonatus which also occurs in the Paraná Basin, and A. tetramerus which also occurs in the Parnaíba River.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Many species formerly placed in this genus have been reallocated to other genera such as Andinoacara, Bujurquina, Cleithracara, Krobia, Laetacara, Rondonacara and Tahuantinsuyoa.
  
  ### Species
  
  There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956
  * Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840)
  * Aequidens epae S. O. Kullander, 1995
  * Aequidens gerciliae S. O. Kullander, 1995
  * Aequidens mauesanus S. O. Kullander, 1997
  * Aequidens metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
  * Aequidens michaeli S. O. Kullander, 1995
  * Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) (Doublespot acara)
  * Aequidens paloemeuensis S. O. Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
  * Aequidens patricki S. O. Kullander, 1984
  * Aequidens plagiozonatus S. O. Kullander, 1984
  * Aequidens potaroensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  * Aequidens rondoni (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
  * Aequidens superomaculatum Hernández-Acevedo, Machado-Allison & Lasso A., 2015
  * Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) (Saddle cichlid)
  * Aequidens tubicen S. O. Kullander & E. J. G. Ferreira, 1991
  * Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)
  