Meet The Xingu Rapids Cichlid - Retroculus xinguensis!

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Retroculus xinguensis is one of the most iconic cichlids of the Xingu rapids. This large, beautifully coloured cichlid dominates the shallow water pepple and bedrock substrates of the Rio Xingu. Check out this amazing in it's natural habitat. Skip forward to the last 7 minutes to see Retroculus xinguensis breeding in nature.
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Index:
00:01 Retroculus xinguensis introduction
00:25 Retroculus xinguensis in nature, RIo Xingu rapids
00:42 habitat of Retroculus xinguensis in nature
01:42 Hypomasticus julii feeding in the habitat
02:40 earth eater, Geophagus argyrostictus in nature
03:03 Cichla melaniae - peacock bass in the rapids
04:14 Leporinus maculatus, tigrinus, villasboasorum in nature
06:20 Retroculus xinguensis breeding in nature
06:40 Retroculus xinguensis nest in nature
08:50 nest of Retroculus xinguensis in nature
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@Glutenfreemichele Ай бұрын

Beautiful footage of this specialized habitat. Not an easy species to keep in an aquarium....

@belowwater Ай бұрын

yes, it needs very high water quality and large tanks

@Useruytrw 27 күн бұрын

These cichlids love you more than you can love them back❤ Sadly they cant speak English to express their gratitude 💐🙏🏻

@twasbrillig33 Ай бұрын

their mouths remind me of the xingu pike's mouth. Sad but at 0:17 you can see something burning, presumably rainforest in the far distance.

@michaela-be4le Ай бұрын

Once again a species and region new to me...always a pleasurable learning experience with you Oliver 👍🏻

@belowwater Ай бұрын

We have a whole "Xingu" playlist!

@knowsbeans Ай бұрын

A dream aquarium fish for me ever since I saw a lone retroculus lapidifer in a tank. I always assumed they were closely related to geophagus! Great info and great video

@kylekarsten721 Ай бұрын

My favorite eartheaters! Retroculus! Never seen any footage of them in the wild. Thanks for the great video!

@twasbrillig33 Ай бұрын

YOU'RE A RETROCLUS!

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@MujtabaSharif Ай бұрын

Out of words for this beautiful video. Full of knowledge and the last 5 mins of total bliss watching this beautiful pair watching their little ones and building the nest ❤. Nature is amazing and we as humans should strive to take care of it not destroy for little gains.

@belowwater Ай бұрын

makes you look at every pebble for it's potential!

@ralfpilz5960 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. Thanks Oliver.

@rara5212 Ай бұрын

4:27 what a great view! That could be a inspiration for a new biotope layout...😉

@belowwater Ай бұрын

hardest to find are those bright yellow round pebbles of silica!

@rara5212 Ай бұрын

Yellow sandstone, or some examples of these Yangtse stones might have a very similar appearance. Furthermore, the Bumblebee stone from Wio could work?

@rara5212 Ай бұрын

Yellow sandstone, or some examples of these Yangtse stones might have a very similar appearance. Furthermore, the Bumblebee stone from Wio could work? postscript: Found them - search for 'Mori Silica stones'😀

@aquaenthusiast9185 11 күн бұрын

Wonderful footage! Do you know, why they bring the pebbles? Is it for new biofilms the little ones😊 feed on?

@vitaliyvyntu4566 Ай бұрын

Very interesting

@klausoxen6597 Ай бұрын

For the Algo ✌

@vitaliyvyntu4566 Ай бұрын

Good job!

@felixsimonovich6722 Ай бұрын

Amazing video, can’t wait for the next one

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Coming soon!

@robertforrest7956 Ай бұрын

Very unique!!! 🐟

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bigfishlad4847 Ай бұрын

Brilliant as always Oliver

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@maryvalent961 Ай бұрын

Great video!

@klausoxen6597 Ай бұрын

Beautiful Vid, thanks Oliver.👍

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@roncoleman8204 Ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY fabulous! Thank you for posting this.

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@malawideep7980 Ай бұрын

Excellent content as always your work is greatly appreciated

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Much appreciated

@roten2902 Ай бұрын

fantastic... 😉👍👍👍

@paulstingray Ай бұрын

Love your vids!

@belowwater Ай бұрын

always nice to hear that

@piotr9590 Ай бұрын

Very nice !!!👌😎👍

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Thanks ✌

@majorbruster5916 Ай бұрын

Gorgeous fish. Hope the species survived the impoundment. Definitely needs to be consevered for future generations.

@belowwater Ай бұрын

it should, because it is found well above the impacted area - which sadly includes the most spectacular sector of the river.

@Spacenow869 Ай бұрын

What a awesome fish. had them couple of times but never long enough to do anything with them. Life got in the way. Not too many succeeded breeding them. I do not even see them as an import.

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Not popular enough, sadly. It is a beautiful fish in full colour!

@jpemydura4860 Ай бұрын

Are any of those Leporinus species in the hobby ? They're awesome looking !

@belowwater Ай бұрын

yes, i have all of those here and some others that are more specialized (check the _Gnathodolus_ video)

@KrolPuszczy Ай бұрын

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape Ай бұрын

I'd been saying geophagus wrong, always thought it was g like geography, as opposed to g in guy I sat through both commercials, only your channel gets that from me! Was the purpose of the Dam to generate electricity or manage flooding?

@belowwater Ай бұрын

I think either one works, I would not worry about it too much. Since scientific names have tons of other languages built into them, "XIngu" for example, the pronunciation is not that crucial.

@livecamtravel8386 Ай бұрын

How you find always the places where the fishs are ?

@belowwater Ай бұрын

Retroculus are/were in every rapid of the Rio Xingu, in the Volta Grande and south to where the rapids end, so they are not that difficult to find in nature. With the impact of the dam, Retroculus may disappear in some of the rapids as the habitat is no longer suitable to them.

@southsidesky Ай бұрын

What is the dark characin from 4:15 to 4:40 and the dark cichlid from 5:40 to 6:15?????????????

@belowwater Ай бұрын

an adult _Leporinus tigrinus_ I would say. _L.villasboasorum_ is also very similar... the others: the first darker fish on the right is _Crenicichla_ sp. Xingu II, the big dark fish on the left is _Crenicichla dandara_ , but the smaller one in the center is a female _Teleocichla preta_ . All three of the cichlids are endemics.