Biotodoma wavrini (Gosse, 1963)
Orinoco eartheater
photo by Hagblom, F.

Family:  Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Geophaginae
Max. size:  10 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Amazon River basin, in the middle and upper Negro River drainage in Brazil and Venezuela; Orinoco River basin in Colombia and Venezuela.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 05 November 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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