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Scientific Name Symphysodon aequifasciatus  Pellegrin, 1904
Common Names Brown Discus
Blue Discus, Green Discus, Pigeon Blood Discus, Platinum Discus, Turquoise Discus
Type Locality Santarém, Amazonas, Brazil.
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Size 137mm or 5.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in tributaries along the Solimões-Amazon River from the Putumayo River in Colombia and Peru, to the Tocantins River basin.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Putumayo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (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 2018.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France v. 16 (nos 2-4), pp 250
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Last Update 2015 Apr 08 07:30 (species record created: 2013 Jun 13 20:47)