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Scientific Name Hoplarchus psittacus  (Heckel, 1840)
Common Name Real Parrot Cichlid
Type Locality Río Negro north of Maribitanos, at foot of Cocui Mountains, Venezuela.
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Size 320mm or 12.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in the Negro, Preto da Eva, Urubu and Jamari rivers in Brazil; also in tributaries of the upper Orinoco River basin.
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Uatumã, Urubu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Jamari (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 369.
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Last Update 2017 Aug 16 11:59 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 14:06)