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Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840)

Description

Common Names

  • Sokkelokirjoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Diadem-Buntbarsch , German , Germany
  • 宽口宝丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 寬口寶麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Aequidens

    Species: Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Amazon River basin, in the upper Negro River; Orinoco River basin, in tributaries of the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela.

    • Biology

    In the Jenaro Herrera region, Peru, this species occurs in streams in aguajal-like conditions, clear water quebradas and black-water quebradites (Ref. 9088).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic