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  2. Oscar (fish) - Wikipedia

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    Astronotus ocellatus. (Agassiz, 1831) 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 ...

  3. Cichlid - Wikipedia

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    The family also includes many popular freshwater aquarium fish kept by hobbyists, including the angelfish, oscars, and discus. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Cichlids have the largest number of endangered species among vertebrate families, most in the haplochromine group. [ 10 ]

  4. Jack Dempsey (fish) - Wikipedia

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    Jack Dempsey (fish) The Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata) is a species of cichlid fish that is native to freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to Honduras, but also introduced elsewhere. [3][4][5] Its common name refers to its aggressive nature [6] and strong facial features, likened to that of the famous 1920s boxer Jack Dempsey. [7]

  5. Tilapia - Wikipedia

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    Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]

  6. Green terror - Wikipedia

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    A. rivulatus is an inherently aggressive fish. With the exception of fully mature P. dovii (wolf cichlid) and P. managuense (jaguar cichlid), which rarely cohabit peacefully, A. rivulatus is cunning enough to survive—and even thrive—with larger cichlids. However, as a rule, a preying cichlid is capable of consuming any animal whose ...

  7. Ram cichlid - Wikipedia

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    The ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. [3] The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour [4] and is a popular aquarium fish, traded under a variety of common names, including ram, blue ram, German blue ram, Asian ram, butterfly cichlid, Ramirez's ...

  8. Electric yellow cichlid - Wikipedia

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    The electric yellow cichlid is a popular freshwater aquarium fish. It is a naturally occurring variant of Labidochromis caeruleus endemic to the central western coastal region of Nkhata Bay in Lake Malawi in East Africa. It is the most popular African cichlid amongst aquarium hobbyists. [ 1] These fish are mouthbrooders; the female lays her ...

  9. Melanochromis auratus - Wikipedia

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    Tilapia aurata (Boulenger, 1897) Melanochromis auratus, the auratus cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as golden mbuna and Malawi golden cichlid. It is endemic to the southern region of Lake Malawi, particularly from Jalo Reef southward along the entire western coast down to Crocodile Rocks.

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