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Fat Oscar

Astronotus crassipinnis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 2, August 0, September 2, October 1, November 2, December 0.
Brazil10
Mato Grosso do Sul5
Argentina3
Formosa3
Mato Grosso3
Sao Paulo2
Bolivia2
Beni2
Paraguay1
ALTO PARAGUAY1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCichlids and Allies · Cichliformes
FamilyCichlids · Cichlidae
GenusOscars · Astronotus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Fat Oscar with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.