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Fish Glossary
| Black Belt Cichlid (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Black Belt Cichlid has oval disk shaped body. It has well developed pharygeal set of teeth. It is an aggressive fish. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". It likes to eat seeds, fruits and plant matter. They prefer to live in lower river valleys with sandy and muddy bottoms and in the shadow water among logs. |
| Electric Blue Jack Dempsey (Freshwater Fish) | |
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It is a beautiful fish having dark brown background along blue flecks. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". Electric Blue Jack Dempsey is an aggressive fish. It eats pelleted, live, flake and fresh foods. It inhabits slow moving water water, bogs, weedy areas with muddy or sandy bottom. The size of Blue Dempsey is 8 inches. |
| Firemouth Cichlid (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Firemouth Cichlid has red throat and belly. The color of other body parts is blue - gray along black blotches. It is a peaceful fish if no size fellow is available in its surroundings. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". It eats all kinds of fresh, flake and live foods. It inhabits canals, ponds and slow moving ponds. |
| Golden Severum (Freshwater Fish) | |
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They are peaceful fish. The background color of Golden Severum is green while rest of body including eyes is yellowish gold. It belongs to " Cichlidae " family. They eat green pea, zucchini, bloodworms, earthworms, mealworms and marine crustaceans. They inhabit rivers mostly where they can get easily their favorite foods. Golden Severum are also known as Banded Cichlid |
| Green Terror (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Green Terror is a colorful fish having strips of different colors on its face and body. It can emit spiny rays which discourage predators. It is member of family " Cichlidae ". It is an aggressive fish. It eats variety of foods but frozen foods are its favorite foods. It inhabits rivers, streams and can Inhabit home tanks too. |
| Jack Dempsey Fish (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Jack Dempsey Fish is a beautiful and colorful fish having dark purple-gray background and blue, green and gold flecks on the front side. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". It is an aggressive fish. It eats flake, fresh, pelleted and live foods. It inhabits slow moving, bogs, swarmp warm water and areas having sandy and muddy bottoms. |
| Jaguar Cichlid (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Jaguar Cichlid has juguar pattern. Background colors can be silver to blue-green to light purple. Light tan-yellow to burgundy red is spreaded on head. They are aggressive fish. They eat small fish and large invertebrates. These beautiful fish belong to family " Cichlidae ". Jaguar Cichlid live in ponds, lakes and springs having warm water and low oxygen. |
| Midas Cichlid (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Midas Cichlid are beautiful fish and found in white-orange color, all white, all orange, all yellow and piebald. They are members of family " Cichlidae ". They are aggressive fish. They eat all kind of flake, fresh and live foods. They are found in calm and slow water such as lakes. Their size is 25 to 35 cm. |
| Nicaragua Cichlid (Freshwater Fish) | |
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The color of the body of this aggressive fish is gold to copper having iridescent greenish blue head. Parrot Cichlid belongs to " Cichlidae " family. Male fish are larger and have dorsal fin. While female have bright colors. They eat plant seeds, mollusks, snails, bottom detritus, leaves. They can eat fresh, flake and live foods. Rivers are their inhabits. |
| Oscars (Freshwater Fish) | |
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Oscars are dark orange in color around the gill. Orange-ringed black is present at the base of caudal fin. They can change their color according to their mood. They are aggressive fish. They eat all types of dry, live and frozen foods. They are member of " Cichlidae " family. They live in the slow moving canals, ponds and rivers. |