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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
More on author: Regan.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 20; non-migratory. Tropical; 24°C - 27°C (Ref. 13371)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South America: Amazon River basin, in the lower Negro River basin.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36377)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Eggs are deposited in caves; females tend the eggs, male defend the territory (Ref. 13371).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

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 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

FAO -

Wallaciia notophthalmus (Regan, 1913)