Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; air tawar bentopelagis. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468)
South America: Xingu River basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / umur
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL jantan/; (Ref. 111518); Berat maksimum terpublikasi: 379.30 g (Ref. 111518)
Feeds on aquatic macrophytes and filamentous algae (Ref. 26700). In the aquarium it will feed on flakes and frozen food, but will also hunt down a large shrimp. Females are aggressive towards other females and can have several males in following (Calum Chalmers, pers. comm. 2007).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Kematangan | Reproduksi, perkembang biakan | Pemijahan | telur-telur | Fecundity | Larva
Jégu, M., 1992. Ossubtus xinguense, nouveaux genre et espece du Rio Xingu, Amazonie, Bresil (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(3):235-252. (Ref. 26700)
Status IUCN Red List (Ref. 130435)
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