Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 20. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 13371)
South America: southern tributaries of the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Guyana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36377); max. published weight: 583.90 g (Ref. 125983)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Deposit eggs in caves at the ceiling, sometimes at the walls; female tends the clutch, male defends the territory; later both parents look after the free-swimming young. This corrects previous information from Ref. 13371.
Varella, H.R., S.O. Kullander, N.A. Menezes, C. Oliveira and H. Lopez-Fernandez, 2023. Revision of the generic classification of pike cichlids using an integrative phylogenetic approach (Cichlidae: tribe Geophagini; subtribe Crenicichlina). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):982-1034[1-43]. (Ref. 131257)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00529 - 0.01890), b=3.16 (3.00 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=300-600).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
