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Geophagus brasiliensis (Pearl cichlid; pearl ciclid; Pearl eartheater; Earth eater; Braziliensis)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The pearl cichlid (Geophagus brasiliensis) is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is native to southeastern Brazil and Uruguay, where it is found in rivers, lakes, and nearby slightly brackish lagoons. It has been introduced to several countries far from its native range, including the United States, Australia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. In Australia, it has been released into the Tweed River system, New South Wales, and the Swan River system, Western Australia, where it inhabits fresh and brackish water at a wide range of pHs. This species is popular among aquarists.
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Infraspecies

Geophagus brasiliensis var. brasiliensis

Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Prey / Diet

Erodona mactroides[2]
Laeonereis pandoensis[2]

Predators

Acestrorhynchus lacustris[3]
Hoplias malabaricus (Trahira)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2DIET AND FEEDING STRATEGY OF FISHES IN A Ruppia maritima MEADOW, IN THE PATOS LAGOON ESTUARY, BRAZIL, Marcelo Bassols Raseira, Alexandre Miranda Garcia, João Paes Vieira, Fish Communities and Fisheries, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, International Congress on the Biology of Fish 2004, pp. 205-214
♦ 3Diet and feeding activity of Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Lütken, 1875) (Characiformes, Acestrorhynchidae) in the water reservoir at Ribeirão Claro, SP, Silva, AT. and Goitein, R., Braz. J. Biol., 69(3): 757-762, 2009
♦ 4Alimentação de Hoplias aff. malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) e Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969 em uma lagoa sob influência estuarina, Pelotas, RS, Fabiano Corrêa, Sérgio Renato Noguez Piedras, Biotemas, 22 (3): 121-128, setembro de 2009
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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