Guianacara
Guianacara sphenozona
Guianacara stergiosi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Geophagini
Subtribe: Acarichthyina
Genus: Guianacara
Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
Type species
Guianacara owroewefi
Kullander & Nijssen 1989

Guianacara is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to freshwater habitats in the Guiana Shield in South America.[1][2] They mostly live in moderately flowing clear- or blackwater rivers and streams, but also occur in lagoons that are seasonally flooded.[2][3][4] They are typically found over bottoms consisting of sandy patches intermixed with large rocks.[2][4]

The different species all have a dark line through the eye (its strength varies), but the adults can be separated by the appearance of the dark bar or spot on the mid-body.[3] They reach up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in standard length.[5] They mainly feed on small invertebrates.[2]

Species

The seven recognized species in this genus are:[5]

  • Guianacara cuyunii López-Fernández, Taphorn & Kullander, 2006
  • Guianacara dacrya Arbour & López-Fernández, 2011
  • Guianacara geayi (Pellegrin, 1902)
  • Guianacara oelemariensis Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
  • Guianacara owroewefi Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
  • Guianacara sphenozona Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
  • Guianacara stergiosi López-Fernández, Taphorn & Kullander, 2006

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer W. "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0691170749.
  3. 1 2 López-Fernández, H.; D.C. Taphorn; S.O. Kullander (2006). "Two New Species of Guianacara from the Guiana Shield of Eastern Venezuela (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Copeia. 2006 (3): 384–395. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[384:tnsogf]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85968817.
  4. 1 2 Arbour, J.A.; H. López-Fernández (2011). "Guianacara dacrya, a new species from the rio Branco and Essequibo River drainages of the Guiana Shield (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 9 (1): 87–96. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252011000100006.
  5. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Guianacara in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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