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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Laetacara: Latin, laetus = happy + tupí, guaraní acará = a name of a fish (Ref. 45335); araguaiae: Named for Araguaia, the river basin where the species was found.
More on authors: Ottoni & Costa.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Rio Verde, rio Araguaia basin in central Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80972)

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Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 24. Diagnosed from all other species of the genus by having the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays 7-8; narrow ectopterygoid; head depth 80.0-88.7 % mm HL; snout length 26.7-32.2 % mm HL; scales on longitudinal series 23-25; no spot on dorsal-fin; cycloid scales on the head sides; presence of a caudal-fin base spot; total vertebrae 24; scales on the upper the lateral line 12-14; scales on the lower lateral line 6-8; and absence of a dark dot at the edge of each scale on the midlateral portion of the flank (Ref. 80972).

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Ottoni, F.P. and W.J.E.M Costa, 2009. Description of a new species of Laetacara Kullander, 1986 from central Brazil and re-description of Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae). Vertebr. Zool. 59(1):41-48. (Ref. 80972)

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

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [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): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Laetacara araguaiae Ottoni & Costa, 2009