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The oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names, including tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, and marble cichlid. [2] In tropical South America, where the species naturally resides, A. ocellatus specimens are often found for sale as a food fish in the local markets.
In your list of “most intelligent fish,” the Tiger Oscar is called an African cichlid. That is INCORRECT! That is INCORRECT! Oscars all come from South America waters only, NEVER from Africa.
Astronotus is a genus of South American fish from the family Cichlidae.There are two commonly recognized species in the genus (listed below), though genetic evidence suggests that additional species exist; several of these possibly distinct populations also have very different juvenile coloration from the two recognized species.
Oscar Catfish: Fish Hooks: A nervous catfish who is Milo's older brother. Pi Carpenter's flasher wrasse: Shark Bait: An orange wrasse fish who lost his parents in a fishing net. Ponyo / Brunhilde Goldfish: Ponyo: Ponyo befriends a five-year-old human boy, and wants to become a human girl. Pudge Unknown tropical fish Lilo & Stitch
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Tigerfish can refer to fish from various families, and derives from official and colloquial associations of these with the tiger (Panthera tigris).However, the primary species designated by the name "tigerfish" are African and belong to the family Alestidae.
Unlike its close relative Parachromis managuensis, P. motaguensis isn't as commonly encountered in the aquarium trade. Although their visual appearance is very similar, the motaguensis (traded by many names, including Red tiger, Red dragon cichlid) displays an array of bright red dots, (hence the variants of the common name), which run along the flanks to the base of the caudal fin.
Datnioides tiger perches are characterised by having toothless palatine and vomer. The caudal fin is rounded and there are rounded lobes on the anal and second dorsal fins creating the appearance of having three caudal fins. The dorsal fin is supported by 12 spines and 15 or 16 soft rays. [4]