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  • Heros efasciatus
  • Heros efasciatus
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Scientific Name Heros efasciatus    Heckel, 1840
Common Name
Type Locality Rio Negro or Amazon River, South America.
Synonym(s) Chromys appendiculata, Chromys fasciata, Cichlasoma severum perpunctatum, Heros appendiculatus, Uarus centrarchoides
Etymology Heros: Greek, heros = hero. 
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Size 140mm or 5.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in tributaries of the Ucayali and Amazon rivers in Peru, and the Solimões-Amazon River in Brazil.
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon (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 372
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:45 (species record created: 2013 Jun 13 22:38)