Author: Musilová, Schindler & Staeck, 2009
Comments: <i>Andinoacara stalsbergi was caught from various localities.  This was collected in brackish lake, Laguna de Vegueta.  The banks of this lake were partly covered with aquatic and submerged terrestrial vegetation (<i>Hydrocotyle bonariensis and <i>Bacopa monnieri).  This species was found in association with other fish fauna such as <i>Bryconamericus peruvianus, <i>Lebiasina bimaculata (Characidae), <i>Poecilia reticulata (Poeciliidae) and <i>Dorminator latifrons (Eleotridae). Another collection site was Río Pisco near Independencia, a clear river approximately 10 m wide with bottom covered with sand and rocks and without submerged vegetation.  This species was also recorded from Laguna Ñapique, characterized by turbid water and sandy bottom.  In Laguna San Ramón, the associated fish fauna of this species were <i>Tilapia sp. (Cichlidae) and <i>Bryconamericus peruanus.  Ecological data suggests that this species adapts well to very alkaline and hard water rich in dissolved minerals and even tolerates brackish water (Ref. 82770).