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Scientific Name Mesonauta festivus  (Heckel, 1840)
Common Names Festive Cichlid
Festivum
Type Locality Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Pronunciation Mess-oh-naw-tah.
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Size 82mm or 3.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification When stressed, this species exhibits vertical bars of which the fifth and sixth are split.
General Remarks This is the species that gave rise to the common name "Festive Cichlid", but this really applies to all congeners. This species is rarely exported as similar species closer to main export hubs (Manaus, Iquitos, Bogota) are more commercially viable.
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Distribution South America: Paraná River basin, in the Paraguay River drainage in Brazil and Paraguay; Amazon River basin, in the Guaporé (Brazil and Bolivia), Madre de Dios (Peru), Mamoré (Bolivia), Jamari and Tapajós (Brazil) River drainages.
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Jamari (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 376
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Last Update 2020 Sep 01 11:23 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 15:38)