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Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840)

Description

Common Names

  • Krobié , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Paya , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Bigeye cichlid , English , USA
  • Peruvian dwarf cichlid , English , USA
  • Rysäkirjoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Cichlidé à grands yeux , French , France
  • Reusenmaulbuntbarsch , German , Germany
  • 大眼丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大眼麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Akalayouloupoko , Oyampi , French Guiana
  • Acará boca de quguiá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Acaronia

    Species: Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Amazonas lowlands in Peru, Brazil, and Colombia, Bolivian Amazon basin, middle and lower Negro River, Branco River, also Amapá (Brazil), the Oyapock drainage in French Guiana, and the Essequibo drainage in Guyana.

    • Biology

    Collected from a small creek, quite sunny, with amber-colored water, slow current, muddy substrate and approximately 1 m in depth. Solitary. Feeds on shrimps, insect larvae of Odonata, Coleoptera and Hemiptera, as well as on fishes like cyprinodonts, characids. Males are bigger than females. Reproduction occurs during the rainy season. Found together with Pterophyllum scalare, Heros efasciatus, Hypselecara temporalis, and Mesonauta guyanae (Ref. 35237). Maximum length 25 cm TL (Ref. 2060).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic