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	<title>Aquariums Life &#187; American Cichlid</title>
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		<title>Flag Cichlid &#8211; Mesonauta festivus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Flag cichlid, or Mesonauta festivus, comes from the rivers of South America, including the Negro, Orinoco, and Rio Rivers, as well as the Amazon and Paraguay Rivers.  In its natural environment, the Flag Cichlid prefers slow moving waters with plenty of vegetation for hiding...


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		<title>Salvini Cichlid &#8211; Nandopsis Salvini</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Salvini, or Salvin's Cichlid, is also known as the Yellow-Bellied or Tri-color Cichlid. It can be found swimming in the freshwater lakes and rivers of southern Mexico, or in Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras of Central America. This species of fish has been located recently in freshwater areas of Texas and southern Florida as well.


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		<title>Parrot Cichlid &#8211; Cichlasoma Parrot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parrot Cichlid, also known as the Blood Parrot or Red Parrot, is a hybrid species of fish. Given that it is a man-made fish, it is not found in the wild and does not have a given scientific name. However...


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		<title>Oscar &#8211; Astronotus ocellatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A. ocellatus, also known as Oscar, is a cichlid native to South America where it can be found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, French Guiana and in the Amazon river basin. It its natural environment, the Oscar preferably inhabits quiet and shallow slow moving white-water where it takes shelter under submerged branches. 


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		<title>Rainbow Cichlid &#8211; Herotilapia multispinosa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there are many different species of Cichlids, the Rainbow Cichlid is rather unique in both its shading and calm nature, as well as a few other distinctive identifying features.  Undeniably the smallest and most peaceful of the Cichlid family...


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		<title>Green Terror &#8211; Aequidens rivulatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aequidens rivatus, also known as Green Terror, is a medium-sized South American cichlid native to Peru and Ecuador where it can be found in  warm coastal streams and rivers.The Green Terror is a deep-bodied, oval-shaped fish with a pronounced head.  Like many cichlids, mature males will develop a distinctive head bump.  Adult males can reach


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		<title>Firemouth Cichlid &#8211; Thorichthys meeki</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thorichthys meeki, or Firemouth cichlid, is one the most popular cichlid in the aquarium trade. The Firemouth cichlid originates from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico where it can be found in shallow sandy shores along slow moving rivers where driftwood and rocks are plentiful.


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		<title>Jack Dempsey &#8211; Rocio octofasciata</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rocio octofasciata, or Jack Dempsey cichlid, is a fresh water fish native to slow moving waterways in North and Central America. The Jack is common in swampy, warm sand bottomed canals, drainage ditches and canals in Guatemala, the Yucatan, Honduras and Mexico. 


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		<title>Heckel Discus &#8211; Symphysodon Discus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First described in 1840 by Dr. Johann Jacob Heckel, the Heckel Discus are native to the Brazil where they can be found in places where the water is quiet and heavily planted,  among roots and submerged trees. They are considered to be one of the most beautiful of all naturally occurring discus and also the most difficult Discus to keep in captivity.


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		<title>Brown Discus &#8211; Symphysodon aequifasciatus axelrodi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[American Cichlid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brown Discus has the typical plate like shape of the discus. Most of the body is yellow-brown with nine vertical stripeswhich can be very visible or not seen at all. The intensity of the stripes depends on the age and strain of the fish.   The body color extends into the Dorsal and Anal fins and can be marked by blue and red streaks running parallel to the fin rays. The head is marked with a facemask of pale Blue lines and dots. The caudal fin is clear. 


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