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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Crenicichla: Latin, crenulatus = cut, clipped + Greek, kichle = wrasse (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pellegrin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 24°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614)

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South America: Approuague River in French Guiana to the Demerara River in Guyana.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36377)

Maximum length does not exceed 20 cm (Ref. 27188). Occurs upstream of the first rapids, in forest creeks with moderate illumination, slow current and sandy-silty substrate, together with Moenkhausia moisae, Moenkhausia oligolepis, Pyrrhulina filamentosa and Dysichthys coracoideus [= Bunocephalus coracoideus (Ref. 35237).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Ploeg, A., 1991. Revision of the South American cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840, with description of fifteen new species and consideration on species groups, phylogeny and biogeography (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands,153 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Ref. 34223)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Crenicichla albopunctata Pellegrin, 1904