FB-69360 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69360 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beryciformes Melamphaidae Melamphaes Melamphaes kobylyanskyi Kotlyar, 2015 2021-01-09 2024-10-16 Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis0 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-GeneralDescr-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-10 00:00:00 2021-02-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 This species is found exclusively in stone bottom habitats, covered with all sizes of stones and rocks along the rio Quaraí and its tributaries (Ref. 118066). Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-11 00:00:00 2021-02-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 This species is distinguished from its congeners, except G. labiatus, by having a thick, extremely well developed lips, with the lower lip deeply notched medially; differs from labiatus by the presence of a dark band extending posteroventrally from the dorsal-fin origin (vs. absent), and by the dorsal, anal and caudal-fin color patterns, where fins are partially or completely covered with well-defined circular dots (vs. small longitudinal stripes) (Ref. 118066). Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-Morphology-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-11 00:00:00 2021-02-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 9 Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-Distribution-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-10 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 South America: Brazil and Uruguay. Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-Size-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-10 00:00:00 2021-02-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 9.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 118066)) Malabarba, L.R., M.C. Malabarba and R.E. Reis 2015 Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus <i>Gymnogeophagus</i> Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 13(4):637-662. (Ref. 118066) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-02-10 00:00:00 2021-02-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69369 benthopelagic; freshwater