Life Cycle
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Attaches about 200 eggs to plants or stones; female tends the clutch. After a year the females turn into males. This corrects previous informations from Ref. 35887 and 13371.
Carruth, L.L. 2000 Freshwater cichlid
Crenicara punctulata is a protogynous sequential hermaphrodite. Copeia 2000(1):71-82.
Biology
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In forest creeks and sandy river shores, often near fallen leaves or among plants. Young are all females; at about 8 months of age one female changes into a dominant male (Ref. 42575).
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Crenicara punctulatum: Brief Summary
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Crenicara punctulatum, the checkerboard cichlid, is a species of cichlid fish native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America.
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