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Common names: Acará, Acará açai, Acará-açaí
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in the Solimôes-Amazon River, Oyapock River basin, and rivers of Amapá State (Ref. 36377). Also Ref. 9088, 35237.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kullander, S.O., 2003
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Temporalis, Cichlidé émeraude, Bufurque, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Hypselecara: Greek, hypselos = high + tupí, guaraní acará = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 5.0 - 7.5; dH range: 0.30000001192093 - 20. Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 40602)

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South America: Amazon River basin, in the Ucayali and Amazon River drainages in Peru, the Amazonas River drainage in Colombia, the Solimôes-Amazon River in Brazil, east to Cametá, also rivers of Amapá, Brazil, and the Oyapock River basin in Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36377); common length : 22.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6398)

In slow flowing, turbid waters (Ref. 40602). Maximum length 30 cm TL (Ref. 13371).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Mature males have a well developed frontal hump. Spawning occurs in holes dug in the substrate and both parents watch over their eggs and alevins (Ref. 35237, 13371).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Kullander, Sven O. | Colaboradores

Kullander, S.O., 1986. Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Research Division, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, 394 p. (Ref. 9088)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 November 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02692 (0.01216 - 0.05956), b=3.04 (2.86 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.4 ±0.27 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862)