Cichlidae

Cryptoheros

20.00 cm

Males can reach 20 cm, females likely stop around 10-12 cm.

Semi-aggressive, Community

Aggressive with conspecifics. Males do not seem to tolerate eachother. Males will also be aggressive with females when spawns fail or when females are unwilling to breed.

Herbivore, Omnivore

152.00 L

90.00 cm x 45.00 cm

20.0 C - 28.0 C

Higher pH, harder water.

Other

Generally a rock dweller, and generally skittish. One of the contributing factors as to why they are not common in the hobby is because they are extremely good at hiding in rocks, making them hard to collect. Otherwise common in the wild, filling the generalist "panfish" niche. Only two locales are available in the U.S, being the Lago Izabel locale and the Rio Sarstun locale. The Rio Sarstun locale is commonly sold under the name "chetumalensis", however a 2016 study by Rican et al. synonymized chetumalensis with spilurus, as DNA tests did not support chetumalensis being a valid species. This however, was only confirmed in an email with Rican himself, but otherwise could not be found in the paper based on the study.

Can tolerate a wide range of parameters and temperatures, but will only spawn in warmer temperatures, on the higher end of its range. Generally only sexually matures at around 2". Females will get a dark patch on their abdomens when courting.