Amphilophus trimaculatus (Günther, 1867)
Female with fry in Ostuta River, video by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas [00:01:29], taken at Ostuta: Ostuta
A nervous female Amphilophus trimaculatus guides her babies out of a sheltered area in the shallow Ostuta River whenever she sees the environment as safe enough, her beautiful and striking yellow coloration signals to by-passers of her aggressive disposition in defense of her young.
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