Description

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Common Names

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Prapra , Creole, French , French Guiana

Chocolate cichlid , English , USA

Emerald cichlid , English , USA

F cichlid , English , USA

Hellabrunn cichlid , English , USA

Temporalis , English , Philippines

Smaragdikirjoahven , Finnish , Finland

Cichlidé émeraude , French , France

Rotgrüner Buntbarsch , German , Germany

Smaragdbuntbarsch , German , Germany

狮王丽体鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

狮王高地丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

獅王高地麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

獅王麗體魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

赫氏丽体鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

赫氏麗體魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Acará açai , Portuguese , Brazil

Acará-açaí , Portuguese , Brazil

Acará , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cará , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cará de lago , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Bufurque , Spanish , Peru

Bujurqui , Spanish , Peru

Vieja , Spanish , Ecuador

Chokladcichlid , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Hypselecara

Species: Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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In slow flowing, turbid waters (Ref. 40602). Maximum length 30 cm TL (Ref. 13371).

Habitat

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benthopelagic