Species catalog

Kelberi peacock bass

Cichla kelberi

Kelberi peacock bass (Cichla kelberi) belongs to the family Cichlidae. Habitat: fresh water.

Kelberi peacock bass (Cichla kelberi), illustration

Profile

Scientific nameCichla kelberi
FamilyCichlidae
HabitatFresh water
GroupPredators
Other namesTucunaré
Regional lists in FishincSouth America freshwater

Identifying features

  • Robust cichlid with a big mouth
  • Olive-silver body with three dark vertical bars, small pale spots on the flank
  • Black eye-spot ringed with gold at the tail base
  • Yellowish to orange belly and lower fins
  • Red eye

Kelberi peacock bass in other languages

LanguageName
GermanKelbers Pfauenbarsch
SpanishPavón de Kelber, Pavón, Tucunaré
PortugueseTucunaré-azul, Tucunaré

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