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Cichlidae
Checkerboard cichlid
Crenicara punctulata
Twelve Centimeters Cichlid of the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallCrenicara punctulata, is a species of cichlid fish native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Crenicara
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin, in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, in tributaries of the rivers Ucayali, Marañón, Solimões and Amazon from about the Pachitea River on the Ucayali River to about Gurupá; upper Mamoré River in Bolivia, and Madre de Dios River drainage in Peru; Essequibo River drainage in Guyana; Amapá Grande River in Amapá, Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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