You can sponsor this page

Cribroheros alfari (Meek, 1907)

Pastel cichlid
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Videos | Google image
  • Image of Cribroheros alfari (Pastel cichlid)
    Cribroheros alfari
    Picture by DATZ
  • Image of Cribroheros alfari (Pastel cichlid)
    Cribroheros alfari
    Male picture by DATZ
  • Image of Cribroheros alfari (Pastel cichlid)
    Cribroheros alfari
    Female picture by DATZ

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Cribroheros: Name from Latin noun 'crībrum' meaning sieve (verb crībrō meaning to sift or sieve), in combination with the old cichlid genus Heros meaning hero; referring to the substratum sifting feeding strategy..
More on author: Meek.

Issue
Villa and Miller, 1975 identified C. bouchellei as a junior synonym of A. alfari. Reviewed by Bussing (1998: 318), with key, diagnosis, geographical distribution, and figures.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten bentopelagisk; pH range: 6.5 - 7.0; dH range: 2 - 10. Tropical; 20°C - 34°C (Ref. 36880)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Central America: Atlantic slope from Honduras (Patuca River) to Costa Rica.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 36377)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits all sections of the river from the fast flowing upper sections to the slower moving lower reaches. Collected between 2 and 1150 m elevation. Prefers sand or mud substrata where it sifts for aquatic insects, especially diptera and ephemeroptera and seeds (Ref. 36880). Spawns about 300-400 eggs at the end of the dry season, just before the wet season.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Medarbetare

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1040): Too many connections in /var/www/html/includes/func_getlabel.php on line 46
Can't connect to MySQL database (fbapp). Errorcode: Too many connections