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Scientific Name Saxatilia lepidota  (Heckel, 1840)
Common Names Two-spot Pike Cichlid
Comb Pike Cichlid
Type Locality Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Size 180mm or 7.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Paraná River basin, widespread in the Paraguay River drainage in Brazil and Paraguay and the lower Paraná (below Guaira) in Paraguay and Argentina, and also along the coast of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Also found in the middle and lower Uruguay River in Brazil and Uruguay. Amazon River basin in the Guaporé River drainage in Brazil and Bolivia.
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Uruguay, Middle Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Uruguay, Lower Uruguay (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)
La Plata, Paraná, Lower Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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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 429, Pl. 30 (figs. 13-16)
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Last Update 2023 Nov 19 07:04 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 09:13)