| Royal peacock bass | |
|---|---|
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| Caught in Cinaruco River, Apure, Venezuela | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Cichla |
| Species: | C. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cichla intermedia Machado-Allison, 1971 | |
Cichla intermedia, the royal peacock bass, is a large species of cichlid found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Colombia.
Description
C. intermedia reaches up to 55 cm (1.8 ft) in total length and 3.0 kg (6.6 lb) in weight. It is easily identified from other species of peacock bass, as it is the only that present a series of 8 to 9 spots running through their lateral line.
Habitat
Royal peacock bass inhabit both clear- and blackwater rivers from the Orinoco River basin.
Behavior
These fish are predatory and feed mostly on smaller fish.
References
- Mesa-Salazar, L. (2022). "Cichla intermedia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T175978706A175978830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T175978706A175978830.en. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cichla intermedia". FishBase. December 2017 version.
- "'Royal Peacock'—Cichla intermedia". Acute Angling. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- Cichla intermedia Archived 2018-08-03 at the Wayback Machine at GBIF