The Zebra acara (''Ivanacara adoketa'') is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
cichlid
Cichlids ()
are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...
from
Rio Uaupes and
Rio Preto, two side rivers of
Rio Negro in
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. This species can reach a length of
TL. This species prefers a
pH between 4.5 and 6.0, and a
temperature
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between .
Taxonomy
''adoketa'' was formally in the genus ''
Nannacara
''Nannacara'' is a genus of small freshwater cichlid fish endemic to South America. The genus is part of the Cichlasomatini tribe of the Cichlasomatinae subfamily. In the aquarium hobby, the fish is considered a dwarf cichlid along with ''Apistog ...
''
[Römer, Uwe & I. Hahn. 2006. "Ivanacara gen. n. (Teleostei: Perciformes, Cichlasomatini) - a new genus of cichlids from the Neotropis". Cichlid Atlas 2: Natural History of South American Dwarf Cichlids. 2:1190-1197. ]
References
Zebra acara
Cichlid fish of Brazil
Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander
Taxa named by Saul Prada-Pedreros
Fish described in 1993
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