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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Eponymy: Victor Macomber Cutter (1881–1952) was President of the United Fruit Company. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
North America: Honduras and Guatemala.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74403)
Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 8 - 10; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. This species is characterized by the following: adults with a wine-colored abdomen in life; bars on sides of body with alternating intensity, the second one is much lighter than first and third; arms of first epibranchial bone are divergent (vs. parallel); supraoccipital crest undulating (vs. straight); ventral angle of articular obtuse (vs. right-angled); absence of an anteriorly directed pronounced convexity on ventral process of articular (vs. present); procurrent rays of caudal fin 2 (vs. 3-4) (Ref. 74403).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2007. A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species. Zootaxa 1603:1-78. (Ref. 74403)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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