/perciformes/cichlidae/laetacara/dorsigera/1.jpg "Laetacara dorsigera")
Breeding male/perciformes/cichlidae/laetacara/dorsigera/2.jpg "Laetacara dorsigera")
Male guarding eggs/perciformes/cichlidae/laetacara/dorsigera/3.jpg "Laetacara dorsigera")
Male guarding eggs
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| 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. |
| Synonym(s) | ? dorsigera, Acara dorsiger, Aequidens dorsiger, Aequidens dorsigera, Astronotus dorsigera, Laetacara dorsiger, Parvacara dorsigera |
| 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) 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 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. |
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| 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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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.42.825.5110 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:45 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 15:26) |