Mesonauta acora
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| Mesonauta acora | |
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| Stressed pattern. Painting by Castelnau from the South America Expedition, published 1856 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Mesonauta |
| Species: | M. acora |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesonauta acora (Castelnau, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chromys acora Castelnau, 1855 | |
Mesonauta acora is a species of cichlid fish endemic to the Amazon Basin of Brazil; specifically, to blackwater in the Xingu and Tocantins River basins in South America. The species was named by François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau in 1855.[1][2][3]
All Mesonauta Acoras are omnivores. Their diet is composed of insects, aquatic invertebrates and algae.[4]