The Crenicichla maculata lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.
Conservation: Crenicichla maculata is not evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2008). More
Crenicichla maculata is very similar to C. punctata and replaces C. punctata in drainages immediately north of the laguna dos Patos. More
If anyone wants checkerboads (I mean Crenicichla Maculata (sp?)) in Europe, I can get some quite easily, there seems to be someone breeding them around here as I picked up a bunch in one shop and then saw them in various others here, it was unusual 'cos I More