Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Etroplus > Etroplus maculatus

Etroplus maculatus (Spotted etroplus; Red chromide; Pearl-spot; Orange chromide; Orange chromid)

Synonyms: Chaetodon maculatus; Etroplus coruchi; Glyphisodon kakaitsel; Pseudetroplus maculatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudetroplus maculatus, also known as the orange chromide, is a species of fish endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is also known as pallathi (Malayalam: പള്ളത്തി) in Malayalam. The species is popular with fishkeeping hobbyists, and is kept frequently in aquariums. The species is part of the family Cichlidae and is included in subfamily Etroplinae.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kudremukh National Park II 202772 Karnataka, India  
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 1364022 India  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[2]
Etroplus suratensis (Striped chromide)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthostomum burminis <Unverified Name>[3]
Centrocestus formosanus[3]
Enterogyrus globodiscus[3]
Opegaster ditrematis[3]
Sclerocleidoides etropli[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, 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