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- From: nclennan@churchst.ccs.itd.umich.edu (Neil F. Clennan)
- Subject: Re: Golden Severums and Anglefish
- Message-ID: <2BF=vgB@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:48:37 EST
- Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- In article <1992Nov10.194350.3394@borland.com> dave@borland.com (Dave Draper)
- writes:
- > Gold Severums, _Heros severus_, are herbivor cichlids from South America.
- > They are relatively docile fish except when they get larger and are kept
- > with each other. The thing to note about Severums is that they are
- > capable of getting quite large. It is not uncommom for them to reach
- > 10 inches if kept in a large enough tank.
-
- Did you say "herbivore"?!! Not mine. Mine are omnivorous. Though the
- books I've read can't agree on whether to call Gold Severums Heros severus
- or Cichlasoma severum, none of them call these fish herbivores.
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- Neil Clennan
- nclennan@churchst.ccs.itd.umich.edu
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