Author: Zuanon & Sazima, 2002
FBname: Slender pike cichlid
Comments: A rheophilic species which dwells on rocky bottom rapids with water flow up to 1.7 m/sec.  Perches solitary on top of boulders.  Forages on rock surfaces and picks mostly on benthic preys; also feeds on micro-crustaceans (cladocerans, ostracods, copepods), immature aquatic insects (chironomids, ephemeropterans, trichopterans) and minute clams (Ref. 46528).