Taxonomy

Steindachner, 1875

Cichlidae
Geophaginae
Dicrossus

Synonyms

Crenicara maculata

Crenicara praetoriusi

Distribution and habitat

Amazon River basin in Brazil; 
  - the Río Tapajós drainage
  - the Río Maués drainage
  - the Río Javari drainage

Assumed to inhabit the entire part of the Amazon River and its tributaries between Belem and the Rio Javari (Brazil)

Water parameters

PH : 4 - 6
ppm : Low

My Experience

Peacful.

Eat everything I offer, like BBS, discusbits, frozen mosquito larvaes etc.

I keep one pair in a 160 liter tank, with Nannostomus nitidus (which breed there too) as dithers. No other fish.

Breeding

Breed in very soft, peat-filtered water, with a pH of 5,2.
Female alone took care of the fry, which took newly hatched BBS as their first food.