Summary ²

Heros efasciatus is a species of tropical freshwater cichlid native to the Amazon basin in South America. It is commonly found in the aquarium trade, often in its gold colored variation rather than the wild-type olive green one.

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1. (c) Klaus Rudloff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heros_efasciatus_A.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heros_efasciatus

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