The Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) is the only cichlid species native to the USA, but is also found in northern Mexico. This beautiful and popular species and many of the 10 other related Herichthys are under increasing threat from water extraction by industrial agriculture, pollution and introduced species. Check out this beautiful pair with hundreds of young in a narrow stream in Cohuila state in Mexico!

Index:
0:00 Introduction Texas cichlid habitat in Cohuila state, Mexico
0:08 the Texas cichlid Biotope
1:02 Xiphophorus gordoni and other fishes of the region
1:22 Texas cichlids with babies in nature
2:34 threats to wild Texas cichlids and their relatives

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