Breeding male
Male guarding eggs
Male guarding eggs
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| Scientific Name | Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) |
| Common Names | Red Breasted Acara Smiling Acara, Yellow Lipped Acara, Rotbrust Oder Roter Tüpfelbuntbarsch (Germany) |
| Type Locality | Cáceres (formerly Villa María), Río Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | ? dorsigera, Acara dorsiger, Aequidens dorsiger, Aequidens dorsigera, Astronotus dorsigera, Laetacara dorsiger, Parvacara dorsigera |
| Etymology | |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 45mm or 1.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Middle Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is but a single breeding report, read it here. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 348. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
| More Resources | |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up L. dorsigera on PlanetCatfish.com |
 | Look up L. dorsigera on Fishbase |
 | Look up L. dorsigera on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up L. dorsigera on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.42.825.5110 | |
| Last Update | Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am) |