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Chameleon cichlids lay their eggs on a stone or piece of wood in the open and the eggs and fry are cared for by both parents for up to three weeks, with the eggs hatching after 2–4 days. In the rivers it has been introduced to in Europe it breeds spawns when the temperature climbs to more than
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has a high and deeply compressed body which is covered with large scales. It has a small, upward pointing mouth in which the jaws do not reach farther than the forward margin of the eye. It has a long
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and Chile. It is also known to have been introduced to
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The chameleon cichlid is tolerant of a wide variety of water conditions and was one of the first species to be widespread in the hobby of
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