Red Devil, Amphilophus labiatus (Günther 1864)


Summary:
A uniform red, or red with irregular black marbling cichlid, with large, hypertrophied lips. The species was introduced from Central America via the aquarium trade.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Amphilophus labiatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5520

Red Devil, Amphilophus labiatus (Günther 1864)

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Distribution

Ross River, Townsville, Hinze Dam, Gold Coast hinterland and near Port Douglas, Queensland. 
A population also became established in the Hazelwood Pondage in south-eastern Australia, and the Hazelwood power station, Eel Hole Creek, Latrobe River, Victoria. The Victorian population survived in ponds heated by discharge from Hazelwood power station, until the closure of the power station in March 2017.
Native to the Atlantic slope of Nicaragua, in lakes Nicaragua and Managua. The species has also been introduced to Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands.

Features

The anterior portions of the upper and lower lips are much enlarged, each forming a  moveable subtriangular flap.

Feeding

Omonivore

Species Citation

Heros labiatus Günther 186, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(1): 27, pl. 4 (fig. 1). Type locality: Lake Managua, Nicaragua.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Red Devil, Amphilophus labiatus (Günther 1864)

References


Arthington, A.H., Kailola, P.J., Woodland, D.J. & Zalucki, J.M. 1999. Baseline environmental data relevant to an evaluation of quarantine risk potentially associated with the importation to Australia of ornamental finfish. Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, ACT. pp. 451 

Barluenga, M. & Meyer, A. 2010. Phylogeography, colonization and population history of the Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp.) in the Nicaraguan crater lakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(326): 20 pp. 

Burgess, W. 2000. The Cichlasoma story. Herichthys, the break-up. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 48(11): 44-54 

Burrows, D.W. 2009. Distribution of exotic freshwater fishes in the Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland, Australia. Report 09/19. Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University, Townsville. pp. 1-27 

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. 

Günther, A. 1864. On some new species of Central-American fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(1): 23-27 See ref at BHL

Harris, J.H. 2013. 11. Fishes from elsewhere. pp. 259-282 in Humphries, P. & Walker, K. (eds). Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 423 pp. 

Kuiter, R.H. 2018. Pictorial guide to Victoria's freshwater fishes. E-version Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics: 1-110.

Lintermans, M. 2004. Human-assisted dispersal of alien freshwater fish in Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(3): 481-501

Satoh, S. & Sowersby, W. 2020. Mucus provisioning behavior in teleost fishes: a novel model system for the evolution of secretory provisioning in vertebrates. Ichthyological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00785-z

Sowersby, W.N. 2016. Behavioural and morphological variation in Neotropical cichlid fishes. Ph.D thesis, Monash University https://doi.org/10.4225/03/58b77e453643b

Sowersby, W., Cerca, J., Wong, B., Lehtonen, T., et al. 2021. Pervasive admixture and the spread of a large‐lipped form in a cichlid fish radiation. Molecular Ecology 30: 5551-5571. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16139 

Sowersby, W., Lehtonen, T.K., Ravinet, M., Barluenga, M. & Wong, B.B.M. 2020. Resource trait specialisation in an introduced fish population with reduced genetic diversity. Biological invasions. 22: 2447–2460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02264-y(0123456789().,-volV)( 01234567 

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37371009

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Max Size:24 cm SL

Native:Introduced

Species Maps

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