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Scientific Name Hypselecara temporalis  (Günther, 1862)
Common Names Chocolate Cichlid
Smaragdbuntbarsch (Germany)
Type Locality No locality (Brazil).
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Size 150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in the Ucayali and Amazon River drainages in Peru, the Amazonas River drainage in Colombia, the Solimôes-Amazon River in Brazil, east to Cametá, also rivers of Amapá, Brazil, and the Oyapock River basin in Brazil.
Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amapa State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali (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 Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4, pp 286
Registered Keepers There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update 2021 Jan 05 01:29 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 15:16)