Darienheros calobrensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) |
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Family: | Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlinae | |||
Max. size: | 25 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 15 | |||
Distribution: | Central America: Pacific slope of Panama. | |||
Diagnosis: | Distinguished by its apomorphic character combination of thick lips, long preorbital distance, eye positioned relatively high on head and slightly inferior mouth; no frenum in the lower lip; no vertical bars dissolved into the irregular pattern of blotches in adults and by lacking divisions of vertical bars three or four; 13 abdominal vertebrae, with only one pterygiophore anteriorly from the first haemal spine; A VI; second lower lip small; anteroventral palatine wing not reduced and the median palatovomerine ligament not exposed (Ref. 114771). | |||
Biology: | ||||
IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 02 August 2019 (B1ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless |