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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Rocio: Named for the author's wife. In Spanish, the name means morning dew, in allusion to the resplendent spots on cheek and sides of some species, R. gemmata.
Eponymy: Rocío is a Spanish word for ‘morning dew’, an “image evoked by the resplendent spots on cheek and sides of some species”; Rocío is also the name of Juan Schmitter-Soto’s wife. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Taxonomic Remarks
The generic allocation of this species is still uncertain. It belongs to the tribe Heroini, but is maintained as an incertae sedis species of Cichlasoma pending a revision of heroin cichlids traditionally assigned to the cichlasomatin genus Cich
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 20; não migratória (Ref. 126106). Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 7335); 21°N - 14°N
North and Central America: Atlantic slope from southern Mexico (Papaloapán River) to Honduras (Ulua River).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 7.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 17 - 19; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 8 - 10; Espinhos anais: 8 - 9; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9. This species has spots on sides smaller than scales, aligned in about 15 regular series (vs. not clearly aligned); abdomen predominantly whitish or greyish in life (similar to R. gemmata, vs. reddish in R. ocotal; ventral angle of articular is acute (vs. right); the first neural spine oriented rostrad (vs. caudad); circumpeduncular scales as few as 17 (vs. always more than 19); distance from the caudal esophageal loop in gut to esophagus always greater than 24% gut length (vs. less than 16%) (Ref. 74403).
There are no unique autapomorphies.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Adults occur in swampy areas with warm, murky water. They are found in weedy, mud-bottomed and sand-bottomed canals and drainage ditches (Ref. 5723). They prefer coastal plains and slow moving waters of the lower river valleys (Ref. 7335). Food consists of worms, crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 7020).
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Lays eggs on substrate. Parents incubate eggs and guard young.
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse; Aquário: Altamente comercial
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02692 (0.01211 - 0.05983), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.51 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Assuming tm<1 and multiple annual spawning; Fec=500-800).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 121 [59, 208] mg/100g; Iron = 1.29 [0.71, 2.55] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.6, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.388 [0.142, 1.132] g/100g; Selenium = 72.5 [27.5, 166.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 36.3 [9.2, 117.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.66 [1.07, 2.56] mg/100g (wet weight);
