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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Acaronia: From tupí guaraní, acara = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Heckel.
Taxonomic Remarks
Redescription based on Peruvian material in Kullander (1986: 79), distinguishing characters and synonymy discussed in Kullander (1989).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 7.0 - ? ; dH range: 12 - 15. Tropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: Amazonas lowlands in Peru, Brazil, and Colombia, Bolivian Amazon basin, middle and lower Negro River, Branco River, also Amapá (Brazil), the Oyapock drainage in French Guiana, and the Essequibo drainage in Guyana.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 8.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 125975); poids max. publié: 189.90 g (Ref. 125975)
Collected from a small creek, quite sunny, with amber-colored water, slow current, muddy substrate and approximately 1 m in depth. Solitary. Feeds on shrimps, insect larvae of Odonata, Coleoptera and Hemiptera, as well as on fishes like cyprinodonts, characids. Males are bigger than females. Reproduction occurs during the rainy season. Found together with Pterophyllum scalare, Heros efasciatus, Hypselecara temporalis, and Mesonauta guyanae (Ref. 35237). Maximum length 25 cm TL (Ref. 2060).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Spawn on horizontal surface. Female tends eggs and male defends territory (Ref. 40602).
Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36377)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03020 (0.01765 - 0.05167), b=3.06 (2.91 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.7 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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