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Cichlidae
Bigeye cichlid
Acaronia nassa
Hunting insects in tea colored muddy streams
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumBigeye cichlid is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Acaronia
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- 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.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
