Biology:Cichla intermedia
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Short description: Species of fish
| Royal peacock bass | |
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| Caught in Cinaruco River, Apure, Venezuela | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Cichla |
| Species: | C. intermedia
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| Binomial name | |
| Cichla intermedia Machado-Allison, 1971
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Cichla intermedia, the royal peacock bass, is a large species of cichlid found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Colombia.[2][3][4]
Description
C. intermedia reaches up to 55 cm (1.8 ft) in total length and 3.0 kg (6.6 lb) in weight.[2] It is easily identified from other species of peacock bass, as it is the only that present a series of 8 to 9 spots running through their lateral line.
Habitat
Royal peacock bass inhabit both clear- and blackwater rivers from the Orinoco River basin.
Behavior
These fish are predatory and feed mostly on smaller fish.[2]
References
- ↑ Mesa-Salazar, L. (2022). "Cichla intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T175978706A175978830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T175978706A175978830.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175978706/175978830. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cichla intermedia" in FishBase. December 2017 version.
- ↑ "'Royal Peacock'—Cichla intermedia". Acute Angling. http://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish-science/peacock-bass-species-guide/taxonomy-2003/cichla-intermedia.html. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ Cichla intermedia at GBIF
Wikidata ☰ Q6425168 entry
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