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Symphysodon discus (Discus; Pompadour fish; Red discus)

Synonyms: Symphysodon discus willischwartzi
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Wikipedia Abstract

Symphysodon discus, the red discus or Heckel discus, is a species of cichlid native to the Amazon Basin, where found near the mouth of the Rio Negro, in the lower Abacaxis River and lower Trombetas River. This species grows to a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ichthyouris bursata[1]
Proteocephalus macrocephalus[2]
Proteocephalus macrophallus[1]
Sciadicleithrum variabile[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0