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Severum

Heros efasciatus

Photo by cverzinskie
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Field Notes

Description:

Range from gold to black/ green. There a specialized types such as a red spotted variety. They are omnivorous eating vegetation and small fish. These fish can grow to be 6-12 inches

Habitat:

Native to Amazon

Notes:

The pictures are when my gold and green severums were mating. They get very aggressive and they lock jaws and stay like that for long periods of time. Be careful because they are vert aggressive when mating and will attack.

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PublishedMay 28, 2013

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