Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Astronotinae
Genus: Astronotus

(See list of species below)


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Photo by Font, F./Gavin-Häuser, F.G.

South America
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)

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Astronotus crassipinnis
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Photo by Mikolji, I.

South America
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Astronotus mikoljii Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez & Farias, 2022

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Astronotus mikoljii
[Mikolji's Oscar]

Photo by Schüür, G.

South America
Max. Length 45.7 cm TL
Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)

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Astronotus ocellatus
[Oscar]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Astronotus crassipinnis South America 24 SL 1840
Astronotus mikoljii Mikolji's Oscar South America 24 SL 2022
Astronotus ocellatus Oscar South America 45.7 TL 1831



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