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Pterophyllum altum

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Pterophyllum altum, also referred to as the altum angelfish, deep angelfish, or Orinoco angelfish, occurs strictly in the Orinoco River Basin and the Upper Rio Negro watershed in Southern Venezuela, Southeastern Colombia and extreme Northern Brazil. [1]

15 relations: Atabapo River, Blackwater river, Brazil, Casiquiare canal, Colombia, Guiana Shield, Hybrid (biology), Inírida River, Jacques Pellegrin, Orinoco, PH, Pterophyllum scalare, Rio Negro (Amazon), Tributary, Venezuela.

Atabapo River

Atabapo River is a river of Venezuela and Colombia.

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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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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Casiquiare canal

The Casiquiare river is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Guiana Shield

The Guiana Shield is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate.

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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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Inírida River

The Inírida (Spanish: Río Inírida) is a river in the north-west of South America, in the territory of Colombia, the largest tributary of the Guaviare (the Orinoco River basin).

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Jacques Pellegrin

Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873, Paris – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist.

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Orinoco

The Orinoco River is one of the longest rivers in South America at.

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PH

In chemistry, pH is a logarithmic scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.

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Pterophyllum scalare

Pterophyllum scalare, most commonly referred to as angelfish or freshwater angelfish, is the most common species of Pterophyllum kept in captivity.

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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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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Altum angelfish, Orinoco angelfish.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophyllum_altum

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