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Amphilophus labiatus (Günther, 1864)

Description

Common Names

  • Red devil , English , USA
  • Huulikirjoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Mojarra picuda , Spanish , Nicaragua

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Amphilophus

    Species: Amphilophus labiatus (Günther, 1864)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Central America: Atlantic slope of Nicaragua, in Lakes Nicaragua and Managua.

    • Biology

    Inhabits lakes and rarely enters rivers (Ref. 7335). Feeds on small fish, snails, insect larvae, worms and other bottom-dwelling organisms (Ref. 44091). Females tend clutch of eggs (Ref. 2060).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic