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Male guarding eggs

All Fishes Data Sheet
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.
Species Information
Size	45mm or 1.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin, in the Guaporé River drainage; Paraná River basin, in the Paraguay River drainage in Brazil and Paraguay, middle Paraná River drainage in Argentina. 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) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more 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.
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Last Update	2017 Aug 16 11:59 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 15:26)