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Male guarding eggs/perciformes/cichlidae/geophagus/pyrocephalus/3.jpg "Geophagus pyrocephalus")
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| Scientific Name | Geophagus pyrocephalus Chuctaya, Nitschke, Andrade, Wingert & Malabarba, 2022 |
| Common Name | Red Head Eartheater |
| Type Locality | Tapajós River near Jauarituba community, Brazil, 2.99725°S, 55.233826°W. |
| Pronunciation | Gee oh fay GUS |
| Etymology | Geo - earth, -phagus - eater: Eartheater. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 125mm or 4.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Characteristic orange-read head is very easy to see in this species. Juveniles can be identified based on Y-shaped "stressbars", where other Geophagus do not have forks in their bars. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Rio Tapajos. . Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | General sinking food, such as Tetra Prima, tablets and frozen or live food. . User data. |
| Furniture | Soft rounded sand is essential for these fish to be able to perform their sand-sifting behaviour that gives the genus it's name. . |
| Compatibility | Generally peaceful, but may take small fish. They have been observed team-hunting smaller tetras. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Best kept in a group of their own kind. Other fish must be large enough to fit in the mouth. . |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Journal of Fish Biology v. 101 (no. 6), pp 5, Figs. 1, 3-5, 8. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 2 registered keepers, view all "my fish" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| Last Update | 2023 Apr 09 04:26 (species record created: 2013 May 23 14:04) |