Acaronia
Reuse mouth ( Acaronia nassa )
Acaronia (after " Acará " a Tupi- Guarani term for cichlids ) is a genus consisting of two species of South American cichlids.
Dissemination
The genus occurs in the Amazon basin in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia, on the Rio Negro, Rio Branco, Brazo Casiquiare, Caura River, in Orinokostromgebiet in Colombia and Venezuela, in the Essequibo in Guyana, in Oyapock on the border between Brazil and French Guiana and in the Brazilian state of Amapá ago.
Features
Acaronia species are 25 to just over twelve inches long. Her body resembles that of the genus of cichlid Aequidens, is laterally flattened, high backs and elongated, oval shape. The eyes are strikingly large, the mouth is terminal and deeply divided, with a very large, wide- vorstülpbaren premaxilla. The soft-rayed portions of dorsal and anal fins are extended and pointed, the tail fan- shaped with rounded tips.
Way of life
Acaronia - species feed on insect larvae, crustaceans and small fish. You are revier making and open-brooders.
Species
- Reuse mouth ( Acaronia nassa ) ( Heckel, 1840)
- Acaronia vultuosa Kullander, 1989