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Guariquito

3 profiles across 3 families name the Guariquito as a locality.

Species
3
Families
3
Photographed
3 of 3
Difficulty rated
3 of 3
Subadult individuals.

Boulengerella maculata

Ctenoluciidae · Valenciennes, 1850

Max length
329mm SL13in SL
Tank
240 × 90cm96 × 36in
Temp
22–28°C72–82°F
pH
5.0–7.5

Both species also possesses a broader dark midlateral stripe on the body which tends to be more well-defined in B. lateristriga than in B. maculata. Colour pattern in B. maculata varies considerably with some specimens noticeably paler than others, for example, and the the broad midlateral stripe usually less intense in such individuals. This does not app...

Moderate
Specimen imported from the Río Orinoco.

Geophagus abalios

Cichlidae · López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004

Max length
200mm SL8in SL
Tank
180 × 60cm72 × 24in
Temp
26–32°C79–90°F
pH
4.0–7.0

It also occurs in the río Caura on the Guyana Shield plus the Ventauri and Mavaca drainages in the middle and upper Orinoco where it’s also known from some white water, referring to turbidity rather than turbulence, habitats. To the north its distribution appears limited by the Las Majaguas dam on the Río Cojedes, a tributary of the Apure where a probable introduced population inhabits the res...

Moderate
Specimen from the UK aquarium trade.

Iguanodectes spilurusGreen Line Lizard Tetra

Iguanodectidae · Günther, 1864

Max length
102mm SL4in SL
Tank
120 × 45cm48 × 18in
Temp
20–28°C68–82°F
pH
5.0–7.5

Widely-distributed throughout the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, and Tocantins river systems in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana. Type locality is 'Rio Cupai [= Rio Cupari], Rio Tapajós basin, Amazon River drainage, Pará State, Brazil'.

Moderate