North, Central, and South America

[Miguel]

I prefer to think of it as Latin America. So I mix all the fish from the countries that speak Spanish - they seem to do just fine. They have no trouble communicating this way. In all seriousness, it is not just the fish keeping world that struggles with this. I have been involved with implementing a software program in our company that stretches around the world. Latin America and North America were implemented at two different times - you would not believe how much time we talked about exactly which office was in which region. Mexico was part of the North American piece.

Hahahah! so you leave out al portuguese apeaking brazilian fish?!

 

[Dan F]

Herichthys cyanogattus is the only North American native cichlid which is also in Northern Mexico.

Central America is Mexico to Panama, which you do find some South American sp. in Panama. You don't typically think of geos and acaras in CA., but geophagus crassilabris and aquidens coeruleopuctatus are found in Panama. Pikes, angles, discus and dwarf cichlids are the only ones that haven't made it into CA. ExChilasoma sp. are found in CA. and SA., but I am wondering why wil happen once these fish are reclassified in the next 20+ years.
Other fish that have made it to Panama are the comon pleco and some tetra sp. like astyanax bimaculatus (found just about everywhere in SA.).

Mexico is part of North America, not Central America. Or at least that is what I teach my students when we study Geography....

 

[auratum]

Hahahah! so you leave out al portuguese apeaking brazilian fish?!

Of coarse - while reading Portugese it looks very similar, but spoken it sounds very different. I am not silly enough to think that my fish can read!

Although Spanish from Mexico to Colombia to Argentina has a fair amount of differences, once the fish learn the variations and accents they do very well. I would even mix cichlids from Spain if there were any as it is all still Spanish.

 

[Miguel]

Not derailing, but Mexicans, being geographically in NA ( i mean persons, not fish ) think of themselves as central americas in terms of culture, or do they fell themselves north americans?

You guys know them much better than i do..i only know south americans..

It is derailing,i am sorry.. Just saw this in the cA sa forum...
Sorry.

 

[duanes]

I was on the web site "Cichlid Forum" yesterday and someone tried instruct that Jack Dempseys come from South America, and that all Central Americans are found in soft acidic water, and had some on line site that corroborated his theory.
Even when I posted pics of of me snorkling in alkaline and brackish Mexican cenotes with Jack Dempseys, he would not change his tune.
I was amazed, and then again I suppose not.
This may have prompted this thread.
And Tom (aquanero) I have read those studies before, and reread them again today, although some a bit dry, they are great insight into our cichlid world.

Pointed out to a lady at petsmart that managuense aren't native to South America as they were labeled on the tanks. She was totally serious and said they're native in both CA and SA all the time. She was legit too cause she "breeds cichlids". I couldn't help but laugh.


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[Miguel]

It is not surprising, Duane. 80% of stuff on the internet is just plain wrong.

Therein lie the dangers of the thing.

 

[Chrisplosion]

Personally I just lump North Americans and Central Americans together.

 

[duanes]

Digame los xCichlasoma beani estan "Norte Americanos", y en actualidad, preferia Californianos.

Not derailing, but Mexicans, being geographically in NA ( i mean persons, not fish ) think of themselves as central americas in terms of culture, or do they fell themselves north americans?

You guys know them much better than i do..i only know south americans..

It is derailing,i am sorry.. Just saw this in the cA sa forum...
Sorry.

 

[Miguel]

Beautifull Beani! Another fish i never, ever, saw live.

 

[cichlidfish]

Mexico is part of North America, not Central America. Or at least that is what I teach my students when we study Geography....

Yeah technically that is true. I guess when I go to Mexico, people there always say it is CA. I guess it depends on who you ask, but looking it up I'd say it is part of NA. I should say h. cyano is the only native U.S. cichlid.

Panama and Costa Rica are really interesting, because of the diversity of fish.