International Introductions of
Amphilophus citrinellus Introductions as compiled by FAO |
Main Ref: | Tang, B.Y. 2004 | ||||
To: | Singapore | ||||
FAO area: | Asia - Inland waters | ||||
From: | Unknown | ||||
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Year: | |||||
Range: | 2000 - 2004 | ||||
Period: | 2000-present | ||||
Established in the wild: | probably established, | ||||
Established in aquaculture: | - | ||||
Significant ecological interactions: | unknown - | ||||
Significant socio-economic effects: | none - | ||||
Introduced by: | unknown | ||||
Reason: | ornamental | ||||
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Comments: | Probably one of the ancestor species of the "flower horn" / Luohan hybrid cichlid bred commercially in Singapore. Wild populations may themselves be introgressed hybrids. Found in slow flowing canals, some of them brackish. Also Ref. 108093. Ref: |
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