Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Crenicichla > Crenicichla lugubris

Crenicichla lugubris (Spottail pike cichlid)

Synonyms: Cichla rutilens; Crenicichla funebris (heterotypic); Cychla rutilans; Cychla rutilens
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve State Sustainable Development Reserve VI 3260792 Amazonas, Brazil  

Prey / Diet

Moenkhausia copei[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Boulengerella cuvieri (Pike characin)1
Boulengerella lucius (Pirapucu)1
Cichla orinocensis (Cichlid)1
Cichla temensis (Painted pavon)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Comparative feeding ecology and habitats use of Crenicichla species (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in a Venezuelan floodplain river, Carmen G. Montaña and Kirk O. Winemiller, Neotropical Ichthyology, 7(2):267-274, 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0