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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) >
Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Bujurquina: A name created by Kullander, taken from a native Peruvian word for these cichlids, "bujurqui" or "bufurque"; 1983-1986; omagua: Named after the Omagua people along the banks of the Amazon River upstream from the mouth of the Negro River well into Peru; noun in apposition (Ref. 128854).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128854)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is highly apomorphic compared to other Bujurquina species by the following characters: 1) shape and pattern of the suborbital stripe in adults is curved and with a blotch at the postero-ventral end (vs. straight or absent, with or without blotch); 2) orange cheek and lower head coloration pattern, with alternating opalescent lines and series of spots on snout and spotted on cheek and lower head; 3) spiny region of dorsal fin with a single thin diagonal black line per membrane, or two lines per membrane in holotype and largest adults (vs. unpatterned in all Southern group species, or with circular blotches, with many thick diagonal black lines per membrane or 2 thick horizontal bands across the dorsal fin in all other Northern group species; 4) longest snout of all species without overlap (15.5% mean, 14.4-16.4% of SL); 5) most delicate 'lower pharyngeal jaw' (LPJ), expressed by being shortest of all species with widest horns (length/width ratio 0.42-0.45 vs. 0.50-0.64 in all other species), one of the smallest dentigerous areas, and the least robust dorsi-ventrally (Ref. 128854).
Inhabits small rainforest streams, with shallow water (<1 m except in deeper pools) but deep mud and accumulated debris, blackish water , with weak or moderate water current (Ref. 128854).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Říčan, O and S. Říčanová, 2023. A new highly apomorphic species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from a reverse flowing river in the Peruvian Amazon, with a key to the species in the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 870:167-201. (Ref. 128854)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01064 - 0.04934), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
