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Genus Chaetobranchopsis |
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| Chaetobranchopsis is a small genus of South American fish from the family Cichlidae. |
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The genus currently contains two species.
Chaetobranchopsis australis.
Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis.
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| SPECIES SNAP SHOT |
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Scientific Name : |
Chaetobranchopsis australis |
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| Common Name : |
Basket mouth |
| Origin : |
Paraguay River, Amazon river basin |
| Habitat : |
Benthopelagic, Occurs in swamps and flooded grounds with shallow, almost stagnant water, which may either be clear or loaded with sediments |
| Diet : |
Plankton feeder also small invertibrates |
| Breeding: |
Substrate Spawner |
| Standard Length: |
5 " |
| Total Length: |
8" |
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Scientific Name : |
Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis |
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| Common Name : |
Acara tucuma. |
| Origin : |
Amazon River basin |
| Habitat : |
benthopelagic |
| Diet : |
Probably a filter feeder |
| Breeding: |
Substrate Spawner |
| Standard Length: |
5 " |
| Total Length: |
8 " |
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Author/Credits
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Sandeep Raghuvanshi |
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Wikipdeia and other sources which have releases under GNU, unless soecifically credited |
| CITATIONS/FURTHER READING |
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2013 ) |
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