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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 shape, calm behavior, many bright colors and patterns, and dedicated parenting techniques, discus are popular as freshwater aquarium fish, and their aquaculture in several countries in Asia (notably Thailand) [1] is a major industry.
Species in this genus include: subgenus Discus Fitzinger, 1833 Discus ruderatus Férussac, 1821 – type species [4] Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) – Forest disc [5] subgenus Gonyodiscus Fitzinger, 1833 Discus brunsoni Berry, 1955 – Lake disc [5] Discus marmorensis H. B. Baker, 1932 – Marbled disc [5] Discus perspectivus J. C. M. von ...
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, upper Uatumã, Nhamundá, Trombetas and Abacaxis. [2] This species is essentially restricted to blackwater habitats with a high temperature of 26–32 °C (79–90 °F) and low pH of 4.2–5.2. [3]
Symphysodon tarzoo, the green discus, is a species of cichlid endemic to Brazil; specifically, to rivers of the western Amazon Basin upriver from the Purus arch, although it occasionally occurs downstream. [2] [3] An introduced population in the Nanay River is based on stock from the Tefé region. [4]
Symphysodon aequifasciatus, the blue discus or brown discus, is a species of cichlid native to rivers of the eastern and central Amazon Basin downriver from the Purus Arch. [2]
Discus rotundatus, common name rotund disc, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Description [ edit ]
Discus (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 · Canaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Discidae , the disk snails. [ 1 ]
Discus perspectivus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Distribution