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Uaru

Uaru amphiacanthoides

Also known as: Chocolate Cichild, Poor Man's Discus, Triangle Cichlid, Uaru Cichlid, Waroo Cichlid

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
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@nutty3 · london, United Kingdom · September 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found in pairs and schools, amongst submerged branches and tree roots, in clear streams of the Amazon, and Negro River Basins and their tributaries. Varies in colour.
Widespread South America

A freshwater fish often seen in the aquarium trade.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black patchespatchesspots
Behaviour
pairsschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in pairs and schools, amongst submerged branches and tree roots, in clear streams of the Amazon, and Negro River Basins and their tributaries.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCichliformes
    5. familyCichlidae
    6. genusUaru
    7. speciesUaru amphiacanthoides Heckel, 1840

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