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Andinoacara sapayensis (Regan, 1903)

Description

Common Names

  • Sapayo cichlid , English , USA
  • Sapankirjoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Sapayo-Buntbarsch , German , Germany
  • 沙巴宝丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 沙巴寶麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Vieja , Spanish , Ecuador

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Andinoacara

    Species: Andinoacara sapayensis (Regan, 1903)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Pacific slope, in the Cayapas River drainage in northwestern Ecuador.

    • Biology

    Males defend the territory during breeding (Ref. 2060).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic