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Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)

Description

Common Names

  • Golden acara , English , USA
  • Viherselkäkirjoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • 埃瓦尼宝丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 埃瓦尼寶麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Acará cascudo , Portuguese , Brazil

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Aequidens

    Species: Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Guaporé River basin, Amazon River basin.

    • Biology

    In flood plains; used as food (Ref. 40602).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic