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Port cichlid
Profile contributed by Bill Kramer, USA
Common name(s)
Port cichlid, Brown Acara, Port Acara ...
The Port cichlid, or Black Acara, has a large head with a deep and very laterally compressed body. Its color varies depending upon its age. Juveniles rage from a green, blue or brown with a blue, red, or yellow sheen.
SS: Young Port Cichlids (Cichlasoma portalegrense), Dorsigerus (Laetacara dorsiger)
HAB: Found near the bands of slow-moving rivers and lakes. South America; throughout the Amazon Basin.
S: bottom, middle ...
 See also: Cichlid, Fish, Dorsal, Green, Blue
  
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