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Fat oscar

Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)

Status not recordedbony fish

The fat oscar (Astronotus crassipinnis) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the fat oscar

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fat oscar live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fat oscar as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Brazil

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the fat oscar endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the fat oscar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusAstronotus
  7. SpeciesAstronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)

Synonyms Acara crassipinnis, Astronotus crassipinis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Bumblebee oscarEnglish
  • paksueväoskariFinnish
  • Acará-açuPortuguese
  • Oscar-açuPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fat oscar

Other species in the same genus Astronotus.

Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)

Oscar

Astronotus ocellatus

Cichlidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the fat oscar an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fat oscar as introduced in 1 country: Brazil, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the fat oscar?

The fat oscar (Astronotus crassipinnis) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fat oscar (Astronotus crassipinnis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fat-oscar

MLA

“Fat oscar (Astronotus crassipinnis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fat-oscar.

BibTeX
@misc{fat_oscar_2026,
  title = {Fat oscar (Astronotus crassipinnis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fat-oscar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}