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Acute Angling Amazon Sportfishing
- Science and Conservation section - Peacock Bass Species Guide.
Cichla pinima - 'tucunare
pinima'
| Cichla pinima is one of the newly described (2006) species
of Cichla. |
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ID Key - C. pinima |
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Identification
Keys
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Bars and Markings
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Colors
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Size
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Key Characters
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Similar Species
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| Possesses three prominent dark vertical bars or blotches
in adults. Dark markings on operculum are present. Juveniles
have 4 or more horizontal rows of light spots. |
Lower sides yellowish, shading into bronze near lateral line and olive dorsally. Upper fins bluish and lower fins predominantly yellow.
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Depth to length ratio
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approx. 27%
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Lateral Line Scales
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approx. 95
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Most similar to
C. temensis
C. jariina
C. thyrorus
C. vazzoleri
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Angler's Summary
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Known Range
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Behavior notes
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Habitat
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Common Names
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IGFA records
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Countries: Brazil.
River Basins: lower Rio Tapajos, Rio Curua-Una, lower
Rio Xingu, lower Rio Tocantins and Rio Capim. Also introduced in
other locations in Brazil's northeast |
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C. pinima are fairly abundant along the shorelines, in amongst woody structure in low-gradient rivers. |
pinima is a Tupi-Guarani Indian word meaning
white-spotted. The name was in use prior to the 2006 revision |
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Fishing Tactics
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C. pinima - Report by Dr. Stuart Willis
We angled these in the Araguari River downstream of Ferreira Gomes in Amapa. This clearwater river, downstream of FG, is a low-gradient floodplain river, and is also heavily tidally influenced. C. pinima were fairly abundant along the shore, in amongst the woody structure. We caught these on weedless spoons. The people I spoke with called this species "tucunare acu" and C. monoculus, with which C. pinima is largely co-distributed, "tucunare chinga".
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