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BIN – Biotopes In Nature
Lake Nicaragua – also named by locals Lago Cocibolca, or Mar Dulce, or Granada – is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. It’s the largest lake in Central America that drains to the Caribbean Sea via the San Juan River.
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Malebo Pool is a lake-like widening that originates from the lower Congo River and lies between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo.
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Kuruvanpuzha is the affluent of the Chaliyar River – the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length, also known as Chulika River or Beypore River as it nears the sea.
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BAM – Biotope Aquarium Models
Riviére Bari – Heiko Bleher’s first finding of the true Nanochromis dimidiatus in 1975.
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FISH – Fish Species Database
Otocinclus vittatus are found in small streams or along the margins of larger rivers, clinging to substrates using their suckermouth.
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Amongst specialist aquarists, Channa is a popular oddball aquarium fish. Snakeheads are clever and powerful fish, with lots of personality.
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Bandit cory (Corydoras melini): small, peaceful Amazonian bottom-dweller. Shoaling and ideal for planted, soft-water biotope aquariums.
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PLANT – Aquatic Plants Database
Pontederia diversifolia is a beautiful stem plant from tropical Central and South America. In its natural habitat with the strong current it developes long, up to 10cm, leaves arranged in a distinct spiral along the stem.
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The native range of this species is Mediterranean Europe to Mongolia and Pakistan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
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