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Uaru
Uaru amphiacanthoides
Animalia›Chordata›Actinopterygii›Cichliformes›Cichlidae
📍 Amazon Basin, Brazil & Venezuela
Large, regal cichlid with a triangle-shaped black patch on the flank. Requires very soft, warm, and clean water. Fry feed on a specialized mucus secreted from the parents' skin — a rare trait among fish.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 5.5–6.5
- diet
- herbivore/omnivore
- maxSize
- 10 inches
- minTankSize
- 75 gallons
- temperature
- 79–86°F (26–30°C)
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Temperature
79–86°F
26–30°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Mar high)