TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-likes)
Family: Cichlidae (Cichlids)

Genus/species: Uaru Amphiacanthoides

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: The body of the Uaru cichlid is deep and oval disc shaped. Color is mostly brown with a prominent thick horizontal black stripe covering the mid-section. Immature specimens are mottled in brown and black. They will typically achieve their adult coloration at about 4 inches in size.

Length up to 25 cm (10 in)

DISRTIBUTION/HABITAT: South America: Amazon River basin,

DIET IN THE WILD: The Uaru feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects but needs plants as supplement

REPRODUCTION: Parents care for (up to 200) eggs and larvae

CONSERVATION: IUCN Not Evaluated

References

California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Amazon Flooded Forest 2018

For more about cichlids as a family 

fishbase. www.fishbase.org/summary/11187

EOL eol.org/pages/220139/hierarchy_entries/27929141/details

Ron’s flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/7674722288/in/album-72157625825649576/