Main Ref: | Sanchez, J., 1960 | |||||||||||
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Country: | Peru | |||||||||||
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Locality: | Cocha Zapote | |||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | ||||||
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Temperature: | - °C | |||||||||||
Gestation period: | month/s | |||||||||||
Length of offspring: | cm | |||||||||||
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Comments: | Parents build a nesting area among submerged plants. The developing eggs and the young are guarded by the parents. The fry tend to cluster around the parent's head, attracted by a pheromone secreted from glands in the skin of the parents head. |