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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Crenicichla: Latin, crenulatus = cut, clipped + Greek, kichle = wrasse (Ref. 45335); yaha: From a Guaraní word, y' aha which means waterfall..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
South America: Arroyo Urugua-í and río Iguazú basins in Argentina.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75970)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 20 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 35. Diagnosed from other congeners by the following combination of characters: posterior border of preopercle serrated; scales in E1 row 48-51; isognathous jaws or slightly prognathous upper jaw; suborbital stripe present; flanks with five or six dark rectangular blotches just below the upper lateral line along dorsal-fin base; and vertical stripes absent (Ref. 75970).
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Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Casciotta, J.R., A.E. Almirón and S.E. Gómez, 2006. Crenicichla yaha sp. N. (Perciformes: Labroidei: Cichlidae), a new species from the río Iguazú and Arroyo Urugua-í basins, northeastern Argentina. Zoologische Abhabdlungen 56:107-112. (Ref. 75970)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00354 - 0.01865), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).