common name: Uaru, Triangle Cichlid , Chocolate Cichlid
Family: Cichlidae
Continent of origin:
Size: under 25 cm (9.84 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 250 litre (66 US gal)
Temperature: 25 °C (77 °F) - 28 °C (82.4 °F) ...
Chocolate cichlids, from the Amazon region of South America, are among the most quarrelsome of all cichlids. Amateurs are shocked when their shy inch-long baby grows into a ten-inch monster that doesn't even get along with its own kind.
Chocolate Cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis)
Photo of: Chocolate Cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis)
Scientific Name(s): Hypselecara temporalis, Cichlasoma temporale, Heros temporalis ...
Chocolate Cichlid [ Pictures ]
Hypselecara temporalis
SYN : Acaracrassa, Acara temporalis, Astronotus crassa, Cichlasoma arnoldi, C. coryphaenoides, C. crassa, C. goeldii, C. hellabrunni,C. temporale, Chuco axelrodi, Heros crassa, H.
Chocolate Cichlids often have a brown or muddy red color to them. There will always be a horizontal darker stripe running horizontally down the body. The fins will often be red in color and a red splotch will usually appear near the eyes.
The "chocolate cichlid" (Hypselecara temporalis)
The flower horn cichlid is a hybrid fish, very popular in Asia right now.
Uaru CichlidChocolate Cichlid ~ Triangle Cichlid ~ Waroo
Family: Cichlidae
Puzzles
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behavior when exposed to a) conspecifics (members of the same species) and b) two different predators from their natural habitat namely Crenicichla notophthalmus (dwarf pike) and a Hypselecara coryphaenoides juvenile (the other Chocolate cichlid).
Cichlid Tank - Festivum, Frontosa Cichlid, Egyptian Mouthbrooder, Brasilensis Cichlid, Chocolate Cichlid, Jurapari Cichlid, Keyhole Cichlid, Kribensis Cichlid, Severum Cichlid, Blood Parrot Cichlid , Urau Cichlid ...
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