Andinoacara sapayensis

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Arguello, P. & Jimenez-Prado, P. |date=2016 |title=Andinoacara sapayensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T64791043A66363672 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64791043A66363672.en |access-date=9 March 2024}}

| taxon = Andinoacara sapayensis

| authority = (Regan, 1903)

| synonyms =

  • Acara sapayensis Regan, 1903
  • Aequidens sapayensis (Regan, 1903)

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Andinoacara sapayensis, the sapayo cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, found on the South American Pacific slope, in the Cayapas River drainage in north-western Ecuador.{{FishBase|genus=Andinoacara|species=sapayensis|month=October|year=2017}}

Description

Males can reach a length of {{convert|10|cm|in}} total in length.

Spawning

The fish lays up to 400 eggs with the male defending the territory.

References

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Bibliography

  • Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

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sapayensis

Category:Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan

Category:Fish described in 1903

Category:Cichlid fish of South America

Category:Freshwater fish of Ecuador

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