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| Scientific Name | Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) |
| Common Names | Saddle Cichlid Saddle-back Acara |
| Type Locality | Rio Branco, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Acara tetramerus, Acaronia trimaculata, Aequidens stollei, Chromys uniocellata |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 250mm or 9.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: widely distributed in the Amazon River basin in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Bolivia. Also in the Tocantins and Parnaíba rivers, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and in the Orinoco River basin of Venezuela and Colombia. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Piauí Rivers, Parnaíba (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the 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 no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 341, Pl. 29 (figs. 1-4) |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.42.829.4844 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:45 (species record created: 2013 Jun 13 19:34) |