Crenicichla reticulata

The Crenicichla reticulata lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, pH range: 5.5 - 7.5 environment.

Conservation: Crenicichla reticulata is not evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2008). More

The Crenicichla reticulata group is often separated as a distinct genus, Batrachops. It includes a range of species, often with fewer, more firmly implanted teeth than other Crenicichla, and always with a colour pattern consisting of vertical bars from juvenile to adult. More

Common names

Añashua in Spanish (español)
Jacundá in Portuguese (Português)
Peixe sabão in Portuguese (Português)
Verkkosukkula-ahven in Finnish (suomen kieli)
網紋矛麗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
网纹矛丽鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Cichlidae
Genus : Crenicichla
Species : Crenicichla reticulata
Authority : Heckel, 1840