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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.
Synonym(s)	Aequidens psittacus, Centrarchus cychla, Heros psittacus, Hoplarchus pentacanthus
Species Information
Size	320mm or 12.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
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) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 369.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:46 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 14:06)