Severum
Heros efasciatus
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The severum from the Amazon basin is one of the few cichlids that feeds mainly on fruit, especially in the flood season when the forest is inundated. It is very popular in the hobby, also in its gold form.
- Scientific name
- Heros efasciatus
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Chromys appendiculata, Chromys fasciata, Cichlasoma severum perpunctatum, Heros appendiculatus, Uarus centrarchoides
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22.2–28.9 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–8 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 30 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Herbivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Substrate or cave spawner
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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