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Scientific Name	**Symphysodon aequifasciatus** Pellegrin, 1904
Common Names	Brown Discus Blue Discus, Green Discus, Pigeon Blood Discus, Platinum Discus, Turquoise Discus
Type Locality	Santarém, Amazonas, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Symphysodon aequifasciata aequifasciata, Symphysodon aequifasciata axelrodi, Symphysodon aequifasciata haraldi, Symphysodon aequifasciatus aequifasciatus, Symphysodon axelrodi, Symphysodon discus aequifasciata, Symphysodon haraldi
Species Information
Size	137mm or 5.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin, in tributaries along the Solimões-Amazon River from the Putumayo River in Colombia and Peru, to the Tocantins River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Putumayo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France v. 16 (nos 2-4), pp 250
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Last Update	2015 Apr 08 07:30 (species record created: 2013 Jun 13 20:47)