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Symphysodon (colloquially
known as
discus or
discus fish) is a
genus of
cichlids native to the
Amazon river basin in Brazil. Due to
their distinctive...
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Symphysodon discus, the red
discus or
Heckel discus, is a
species of
cichlid endemic to the
Amazon Basin of Brazil,
where found in the
lower Rio Negro...
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Symphysodon aequifasciatus, the blue
discus or
brown discus, is a
species of
cichlid native to
rivers of the
eastern and
central Amazon Basin downriver...
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Symphysodon tarzoo, the
green discus, is a
species of
cichlid endemic to Brazil; specifically, to
rivers of the
western Amazon Basin upriver from the...
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laterally compressed species (such as Altolamprologus, Pterophyllum, and
Symphysodon) to
species that are
cylindrical and
highly elongated (such as Julidochromis...
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flamingos and
penguins utilize similar feeding techniques. The
discus fish (
Symphysodon) is
known for (biparentally)
feeding their offspring by
epidermal mucus...
- A
discus (
Symphysodon spp.)
guarding its eggs...
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festae Pterophyllum altum Pterophyllum scalare Symphysodon aequifasciatus Symphysodon discus Symphysodon tarzoo Thorichthys m****i
Tilapia mariae Aulonacara...
- 15 cm (5.9 in)
Common discus, red
discus Symphysodon discus 12 cm (4.7 in) Blue discus,
green discus Symphysodon aequifasciatus 14 cm (5.5 in) Eartheater...
- 1840
Rheoheros McMahan & Matamoros, 2015
Rocio Schmitter-Soto, 2007
Symphysodon Heckel, 1840
Theraps Günther, 1862
Thorichthys M****, 1904 Tomocichla...
