Mesonauta acora

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Mesonauta acora
Stressed pattern.
Painting by Castelnau from the South America Expedition, published 1856
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mesonauta
Species:
M. acora
Binomial name
Mesonauta acora
(Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms

Chromys acora Castelnau, 1855

Mesonauta acora is a species of cichlid fish endemic to the Amazon Basin of Brazil; specifically, to blackwater in the Xingu and Tocantins River basins in South America. The species was named by François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau in 1855.[1][2][3]

All Mesonauta Acoras are omnivores. Their diet is composed of insects, aquatic invertebrates and algae. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mesonauta acora" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. ^ Loiselle, Paul V. (1995). The Cichlid Aquarium. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-146-0.
  3. ^ Kullander, S.O. (1998). "A phylogeny and classification of the South American Cichlidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". In L.R. Malabarba; R.E. Reis; R.P. Vari; Z.M. Lucena; C.A.S. Lucena (eds.). Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 461–498. ISBN 978-85-7430-035-1.
  4. ^ Pantoja, Farias (2015). "Parasites component community in wild population of Pterophyllum scalare Schultze, 1823 and Mesonauta acora Castelnau, 1855, cichlids from the Brazilian Amazon". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 31 (6): 1043–1048. Bibcode:2015JApIc..31.1043F. doi:10.1111/jai.12903. S2CID 86117229.


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