Introduced to Singapore, it thrives in slow-moving streams and reservoirs, where it works as a sand sifter in most environments like most Geophagus species. Its ecological impact on its adopted habitat is still unknown.[2]
A member of the family Cichlidae, it can grow up to 22.5 cm (8.9 in) in standard length.[1] It is benthophagous by nature, taking mouthfuls of substrate (hence its common name) and sifting for edible items, with the remaining materials being expelled via the mouth and gill openings. It prefers clear and blackwater environments as opposed to turbid white waters.[3]
Geophagus altifrons are one of the most common species of Geophagus found in the pet trade, often wild caught and falsely labeled as Geophagus surinamensis within the hobby.
geophagus, altifrons, freshwater, eartheater, cichlid, native, amazon, river, basin, brazil, 1865, watercolor, painting, geophagus, altifrons, from, manaus, jacques, burkhardt, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata,. Geophagus altifrons are a freshwater eartheater cichlid native to the Amazon River Basin Brazil 1 Geophagus altifrons An 1865 watercolor painting of geophagus altifrons from Manaus by Jacques Burkhardt Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cichliformes Family Cichlidae Genus Geophagus Species G altifrons Binomial name Geophagus altifronsHeckel 1840 Introduced to Singapore it thrives in slow moving streams and reservoirs where it works as a sand sifter in most environments like most Geophagus species Its ecological impact on its adopted habitat is still unknown 2 A member of the family Cichlidae it can grow up to 22 5 cm 8 9 in in standard length 1 It is benthophagous by nature taking mouthfuls of substrate hence its common name and sifting for edible items with the remaining materials being expelled via the mouth and gill openings It prefers clear and blackwater environments as opposed to turbid white waters 3 Geophagus altifrons are one of the most common species of Geophagus found in the pet trade often wild caught and falsely labeled as Geophagus surinamensis within the hobby See also editList of freshwater aquarium fish speciesReferences edit a b Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2013 Geophagus altifrons in FishBase April 2013 version Nick Baker Eartheater Cichlid introduced Ecology Asia Retrieved 25 May 2013 Geophagus altifrons HECKEL 1840 Seriously Fish Retrieved 18 November 2018 nbsp This Cichlidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geophagus altifrons amp oldid 1218597613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
