Adult in the aquarium
Adult of Aequidens epae in the aquarium of Oliver Lucanus [Canada]. Photo by Oliver Lucanus.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Cichlasomatini

Genus
Aequidens


Last updated on:
17-Nov-2023

Aequidens epae Kullander, 1995

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Original description as Aequidens epae:

ZooBank:56F9303A-EAE0-4623-B5F6-1E6258856C3D.

  • Kullander, Sven. 1995. "Three new cichlid species from southern Amazonia: Aequidens gerciliae, A. epae and A. michaeli". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 149-170 (crc00099)

Conservation: Aequidens epae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Aequidens epae occurs in lentic environments and small lakes, which indicates that it can be tolerant of the effects caused by the programmed construction of hydroelectric dams in Rio Tapajós (ICMBio, 2022).