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Velvet Cichlid

Astronotus ocellatus

Description:

This fish has a habit of tidying tank decorations according to your own taste. It's can you drag relatively heavy stones, plucking plants, sand, etc..

Notes:

This specimen is of "Aquário de Poços" ("Poços' Aquarium") , and it's blind of one eye.

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2 Comments

LeonardoMB
LeonardoMB 11 years ago

Yeah! "Velvet Cichlid" it's just other common name

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

Isn't it an Oscar fish?

LeonardoMB
Spotted by
LeonardoMB

Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 12, 2013
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013

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