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Characiformes

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This fish was originally imported from Columbia and saw much interest in the aquarium hobby during the 1960s. Even today it is still very common to find in local stores though they don’t look exactly like their wild-caught counterparts. They have become domesticated and the breeders have had a very long time to work with exemplifying certain traits. Aquarium breeders bring out more colorful traits through selecting the most colorful offspring and breeding them, resulting…