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<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Order:</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="order"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perciformes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Perciformes">Perciformes</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Family:</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="family"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlidae" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Cichlidae">Cichlidae</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Subfamily:</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="subfamily"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlasomatinae" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Cichlasomatinae">Cichlasomatinae</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Tribe:</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroini" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Heroini">Heroini</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Genus:</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="genus"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Symphysodon</span></b></i></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Discus</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> (</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Symphysodon</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> spp.) are a genus of three species of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlidae" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Cichlidae"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">cichlid</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"> </span></i></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_fish" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Freshwater fish"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">freshwater fishes</span></i></b></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">native to the</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Amazon River"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Amazon River</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">basin</span></i></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fishbase_0-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_(fish)#cite_note-fishbase-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">[</span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">1</span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">]</span></i></b></a></sup>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Discus are popular as</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Aquarium"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">aquarium</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> fish</span></i></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> their</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaculture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Aquaculture"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">aquaculture</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> in several countries in</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Asia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Asia</span></i></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> is a major industry.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"></sup></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="editsection" style="float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Taxonomy"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Taxonomy</span></span></b></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Appearance"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Discus belong to the genus Symphysodon, which currently includes three species: The </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">common <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">discus</span></i></span></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">(</span></i></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Symphysodon aequifasciatus</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">)</span></i></b>, the </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Heckel discus</span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> (</span></span></i></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Symphysodon discus</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">)</span></span></i></b>, and a new species which has been named</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Symphysodon tarzoo</span></b></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">.</span></i></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_(fish)#cite_note-5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> However, a further investigation published in August 2007 </span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_(fish)#cite_note-6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">[</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> suggested that the genus held the three species: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. aequifasciatus</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> (the green discus), </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. haraldi</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> (the blue/brown/common discus) and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. discus</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> (the Heckel discus). Both studies suggest three species; the only disagreement is in the scientific names for each.</span></span></span></span> </span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Appearance"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Appearance</span></span></span></h2><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Like cichlids from the genus </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophyllum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Pterophyllum"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Pterophyllum</span></b></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">, all </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Symphysodon</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> species have a laterally compressed body shape. In contrast to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Pterophyllum</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">, however, extended finnage is absent giving </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Symphysodon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> a more rounded shape. It is this body shape from which their common name, “</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Discus"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">discus</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">”, is derived. The sides of the fish are frequently patterned in shades of green, red, brown, and blue. The height and length of the grown fish are both about <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">20–25 cm (8–10 </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">in)</span>.</b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<div class="thumbcaption" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Discus.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #002bb8; display: block; text-decoration: none;" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;" width="15" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">A brown Discus fish in</span></b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tehran"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Tehran</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"> - </span></i></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Iran"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Iran</span></i></b></a></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Another characteristic of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Symphysodon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> species is their care for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Larva"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">larvae</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">. As for most cichlids, brood care is highly developed with both the parents caring for the young. Additionally, adult discus produce a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretion" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Secretion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">secretion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> through their skin, which the larvae live off during their first few days. This behaviour has also been observed for </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uaru" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uaru"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Uaru</span></b></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">species</span></i></b>. However when bred in captivity the larvae will tend to live off their parents secretion for up to 2 weeks.</span></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Distribution"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"> Distribution</span></b></span></span></h2><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">The three species of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Symphysodon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> have different geographic distributions. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. aequifasciatus</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> occurs in the Rio Solimões, Rio Amazonas and the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><i>Río Putumayo-Içá in Brazil</i></span></b>, Colombia and Peru. In contrast the distribution of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. discus</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> appears to be limited to the lower reaches of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacaxis_River" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Abacaxis River"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Abacaxis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Negro_(Amazon)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Rio Negro (Amazon)"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><i>Rio Negro</i></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombetas_River" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Trombetas River"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Trombetas</span></i></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> rivers. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">S. tarzoo</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> occurs upstream of Manaus in the western Amazon.</span></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also"><br />
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