Bandit Acara
Guianacara geayi
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The bandit acara comes from the Oyapock and Approuague rivers in French Guiana and Brazil, from calm waters with rocky bottoms and shallow banks. It lives in harems. It spawns in hiding, and the female does most of the care of eggs and young.
- Scientific name
- Guianacara geayi
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Acara geayi, Acarichthys geayi, Aequidens geayi
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–25 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 12.4 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Substrate or cave spawner
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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