Discus (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Discus

Caption

A Discus (Symphysodon discus), 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:Symphysodon_discus_04.jpg">Doronenko</a>

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