Freshwater Angelfish (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Freshwater Angelfish

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A freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare), one of three Amazonian cichlid fish species found to be visually adapted to the red-shifted light conditions of the Amazon basin.

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Wikimedia Commons/<a target="_blank"href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterophyllum_scalare_-_%22Rio_Nanay%22_-_souche_sauvage_-_Aqua_Porte_Dor%C3%A9e_06.JPG">Loury Cedric</a>

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