Wallaciia Anamiri
📖 Overview
Collected close to the shore or on sandy beaches next to roots of the riparian vegetation during dry season .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10; Vertebrae: 30 - 32. Crenicichla anamiri is distinguished from all congeners except C. notophthalmus, C. regani, C. urosema, and C. virgatula by having serrations on supracleithrum (vs. absence). It differs from from C. notophthalmus and C. regani by having a black vertical elliptic blotch centrally positioned at caudal-fin base (vs. presence of ocellated blotch dorsally on caudal-fin base). It can be separated from C. regani, C. urosema and C. virgatula by having two to four rows of teeth in both jaws (vs. more than four rows); from C. virgatula and C. urosema also by the presence of vertical bars on the caudal fin (vs. absence) .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Wallaciia Anamiri is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Middle rio Xingu and rio Bacajá, upstream of Volta Grande do Xingu in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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