Thanks tongue33............ that was sad news.
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2 more locations: rio grande and Ituverava, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Looking back this thread... how many location did I post on State of Sao Paulo ???
On map each location was only about couple inches away, but yet the difference between variations was SHOCKINGLY different.
You can see cichla from one particular location look very very similar to those caught in the same location, but significantly different than those from neighboring locations.
Funny how people talk about same species found in different continents look alike?? then Cichla species look so different in such as close proximity.
Maybe cichlas are NOT migratory fish. They stay in one location, breed and differentiate into each own variant.
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2 more locations: rio grande and Ituverava, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Looking back this thread... how many location did I post on State of Sao Paulo ???
On map each location was only about couple inches away, but yet the difference between variations was SHOCKINGLY different.
You can see cichla from one particular location look very very similar to those caught in the same location, but significantly different than those from neighboring locations.
Funny how people talk about same species found in different continents look alike?? then Cichla species look so different in such as close proximity.
Maybe cichlas are NOT migratory fish. They stay in one location, breed and differentiate into each own variant.
amazing photos!