Description

Also known as Amazon Peacock Bass, Butterfly Peacock Bass, Common Peacock Bass, Eyetail Cichlid, Mono Peacock Bass, Monoculus Peacock Bass, Peacock Bass, Popoca Peacock Bass.

Found in schools, over channels, flooded plains, and tributaries, of the Amazon River basins, also introduced into other areas around the world.
They feed on small fish and invertebrates.
Length - 70cm
Depth - ?m
Widespread South America - introduced elsewhere

A freshwater fish often seen in the aquarium trade.
These fish brood their eggs in their mouths to protect their young. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/13270