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Scientific Name	**Bujurquina vittata** (Heckel, 1840)
Common Name	Banded Acara
Type Locality	Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Acara paraguayensis, Acara vittatus, Aequidens paraguayensis, Aequidens vittatus, Astronotus vittatus, Bujurquina paraguayensis
Pronunciation	vit hat ah
Etymology	Bujurquina: A name created by Kullander, taken from a native Peruvian word for these cichlids, "bujurqui" or "bufurque". vittata means "decorated by ribbon", in reference to the striped body of the fish.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Paraná River basin, in the Paraguay River drainage, and in the middle Paraná River basin. La Plata, Paraná, Middle Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (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 346
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:45 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 07:39)