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Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Astronotinae


(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Photo by Font, F./Gavin-Häuser, F.G.

South America
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)

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Astronotus crassipinnis
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Photo by Mikolji, I.

South America
Max. Length 24.0 cm SL
Astronotus mikoljii Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez & Farias, 2022

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Astronotus mikoljii
[Mikolji’s Oscar]

Photo by Schüür, G.

South America
Max. Length 45.7 cm TL
Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)

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Astronotus ocellatus
[Oscar]

Photo by Gartner, D.-P.

South America
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Chaetobranchopsis australis Eigenmann & Ward, 1907

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Chaetobranchopsis australis
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Photo by DATZ

South America
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis (Steindachner, 1875)

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Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis
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Photo by DATZ

South America
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840

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Chaetobranchus flavescens
[Kunapari]

Photo by Santos et al, 2006

South America
Max. Length 23 cm SL
Chaetobranchus semifasciatus Steindachner, 1875

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Chaetobranchus semifasciatus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Astronotus crassipinnis South America 24 SL 1840
Astronotus mikoljii Mikolji’s Oscar South America 24.0 SL 2022
Astronotus ocellatus Oscar South America 45.7 TL 1831
Chaetobranchopsis australis South America 12 SL 1907
Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis South America 12 SL 1875
Chaetobranchus flavescens Kunapari South America 26 TL 1840
Chaetobranchus semifasciatus South America 23 SL 1875



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