Symphysodon (colloquially known as discus or discus fish) is a genus of cichlids native to the Amazon river basin in Brazil. Due to their distinctive...

Symphysodon discus, the red discus or Heckel discus, is a species of cichlid endemic to the Amazon Basin of Brazil, where found in the lower Rio Negro...

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, the blue discus or brown discus, is a species of cichlid native to rivers of the eastern and central Amazon Basin downriver...

Symphysodon tarzoo, the green discus, is a species of cichlid endemic to Brazil; specifically, to rivers of the western Amazon Basin upriver from the...

laterally compressed species (such as Altolamprologus, Pterophyllum, and Symphysodon) to species that are cylindrical and highly elongated (such as Julidochromis...

flamingos and penguins utilize similar feeding techniques. The discus fish (Symphysodon) is known for (biparentally) feeding their offspring by epidermal mucus...

A discus (Symphysodon spp.) guarding its eggs...

15 cm (5.9 in) Common discus, red discus Symphysodon discus 12 cm (4.7 in) Blue discus, green discus Symphysodon aequifasciatus 14 cm (5.5 in) Eartheater...

no irritation or other pathological signs on the rectal epithelium of Symphysodon aequifasciata infested with Protoopalina symphysodonis, but stated that...

Systematics, Taxonomy and Classification Amazonian Discus Fishes of the Genus Symphysodon". International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2011: 360654. doi:10...