Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 143

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0012

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:82C3DAD3-0920-4430-A93D-9F887A58DC1A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7815938

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5879E-FFB1-C059-BB4A-49CCC5E3A50B

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Felipe

scientific name

Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz)
status

 

Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz) View in CoL View at ENA

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Distribution. Black Hill area, Kowloon Reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021); Shing Mun Reservoir; Lai King area (current survey).

Native range. Central and South America.

Remarks. Popular in the aquarium trade; frequently released in urban ponds. However, breeding populations have never been observed in Hong Kong.

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