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Scientific Name Gymnogeophagus balzanii  (Perugia, 1891)
Common Names Paraguay Eartheater
Argentine Humphead, Paraguay Mouthbrooder, Paraguay-Maulbrüter (Germany)
Type Locality Cáceres (formerly Villa María), Río Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Geophagus balzanii, Geophagus duodecimspinosus, Gymnogeophagus cyanopterus
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Size 120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Paraná River basin, in the Paraguay drainage in Brazil and Paraguay, the Paraná drainage in Argentina; the lower Uruguay drainage in Uruguay and Brazil.
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Uruguay, Lower Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 10, pp 623 [23]
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Last Update 2019 Oct 27 02:22 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 10:13)