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64 relations: Abacaxis River, Algae, Amazon basin, Aquaculture, Aquarium, Blackwater river, Cannibalism, Catalog of Fishes, Chromosomal translocation, Cichlid, Clearwater river (river type), Coalescent theory, Detritus, Evolutionarily significant unit, FishBase, Fishkeeping, Freshwater swamp forest, Gastrointestinal tract, Genus, Herbivore, Hybrid (biology), Identification (biology), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Introduced species, Invertebrate, Jacques Pellegrin, Johann Jakob Heckel, Lake, Lake ecosystem, Larva, List of freshwater aquarium fish species, Meeting of Waters, Mitochondrial DNA, Morphometrics, Nanay River, Neotropical fish, Nhamundá River, Omnivore, Orange chromide, Periphyton, Phenotype, Polymorphism (biology), Project Piaba, Pterophyllum, Purus River, RAPD, Rio Negro (Amazon), River, Secretion, Selective breeding, ..., Sexual dimorphism, Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Symphysodon discus, Symphysodon tarzoo, Taxonomy (biology), Tefé, The Cichlid Room Companion, Tocantins River, Trombetas River, Uaru, Uatumã River, Undescribed taxon, Whitewater river (river type), Xingu River. Expand index (14 more) »
Abacaxis River
The Abacaxis River is a river in the Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
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Algae
Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.
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Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
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Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms.
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Aquarium
An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
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Blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands.
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Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
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Catalog of Fishes
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera.
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Chromosomal translocation
In genetics, a chromosome translocation is a chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes.
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Cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.
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Clearwater river (river type)
A clearwater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour.
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Coalescent theory
Coalescent theory is a model of how gene variants sampled from a population may have originated from a common ancestor.
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Detritus
In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material).
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Evolutionarily significant unit
An evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) is a population of organisms that is considered distinct for purposes of conservation.
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FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).
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Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond.
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Freshwater swamp forest
Freshwater swamp forests, or flooded forests, are forests which are inundated with freshwater, either permanently or seasonally.
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Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.
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Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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Identification (biology)
Identification in biology is the process of assigning a pre-existing taxon name to an individual organism.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals".
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Introduced species
An introduced species (alien species, exotic species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species) is a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.
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Jacques Pellegrin
Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873, Paris – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist.
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Johann Jakob Heckel
Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate.
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
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Lake ecosystem
A lake ecosystem includes biotic (living) plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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List of freshwater aquarium fish species
A vast number of aquatic species have successfully adapted to live in the freshwater aquarium.
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Meeting of Waters
The Meeting of Waters (Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored (whitewater) Amazon River or Rio Solimões, as the upper section of the Amazon is known in Brazil upriver of this confluence.
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Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Morphometrics
Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή morphe, "shape, form", and -μετρία metria, "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of form, a concept that encompasses size and shape.
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Nanay River
The Nanay River is a river in northern Peru.
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Neotropical fish
The freshwater fishes of tropical South and Central America represent one of the most diverse and extreme aquatic ecosystems on Earth, with more than 5,600 species, representing about 10% all living vertebrate species.
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Nhamundá River
Nhamundá River or Jamundá River (Yamundá River in Spanish) is a river in northern Brazil, which marks part of the northeastern boundary between states of Amazonas and Pará.
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Omnivore
Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.
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Orange chromide
The orange chromide (Pseudetroplus maculatus, syn. Etroplus maculatus) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Periphyton
Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
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Phenotype
A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest).
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Polymorphism (biology)
Polymorphism in biology and zoology is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.
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Project Piaba
Project Piaba is a fishery initiative located on the Rio Negro tributary of the Amazon river.
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Pterophyllum
Pterophyllum is a small genus of freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae known to most aquarists as angelfish.
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Purus River
The Purus River or Rio Purús is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America.
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RAPD
RAPD (pronounced as "rapid") stands for 'Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA'.
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Rio Negro (Amazon)
The Rio Negro (br; Río Negro "Black River") is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River, the largest blackwater river in the world (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Secretion
Secretion is the movement of material from one point to another, e.g. secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.
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Selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Symphysodon aequifasciatus
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.
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Symphysodon discus
Symphysodon discus, the red discus or Heckel discus, is a species of cichlid native to the Amazon Basin, where found in the lower Rio Negro, upper Uatumã, Nhamundá, Trombetas and Abacaxis.
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Symphysodon tarzoo
Symphysodon tarzoo, the green discus, is a species of cichlid native to rivers of the western Amazon Basin upriver from the Purus arch, although it occasionally occurs downstream.
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Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
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Tefé
Tefé (Teffé in early accounts) is a municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil.
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The Cichlid Room Companion
The Cichlid Room Companion (CRC), is a non-scientificKullander, Sven O. "Nomenclatural availability of putative scientific generic names applied to the South American cichlid fish Apistogramma ramirezi Myers & Harry, 1948 (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
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Tocantins River
The Tocantins River is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country.
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Trombetas River
The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.
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Uaru
Uaru is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.
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Uatumã River
The Uatumã River (sometimes spelled Uatamã) is a river flowing through the state of Amazonas in Brazil.
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Undescribed taxon
In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named.
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Whitewater river (river type)
A whitewater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour.
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Xingu River
The Xingu River (Rio Xingu) is a river in north Brazil.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_(fish)
