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Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)

Oscar
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Common names: Acaraú-açu, Acaráuaçu, Acará-açu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Silvano, R.A.M. and A. Begossi, 2001
Importance: commercial | Ref: Boujard, T., M. Pascal, F.J. Meunier and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1997
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 36377). Recorded in Piracicaba river (Ref. 50076). Considered economically important by the Brazilians who have acclimated the originally Amazonian stocks to the conditions of the province in the northeast (Ref. 27188). Established populations introduced in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Espirito Santo, Maranhão, and Piauí (Ref. 126783).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Silvano, R.A.M. and A. Begossi, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Astronotinae
Etymology: Astronotus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Agassiz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19.   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 1672); 4°N - 15°S, 78°W - 47°W

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