{"product_id":"super-orange-acara-aequidens-superomaculatum","title":"SUPER ORANGE ACARA (Aequidens superomaculatum)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cu class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eAequidens superomaculatum\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[false,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,false,\u0026quot;\\u0026qRNeBd_c:aPo2Hd\u0026quot;]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/g\/11c45s0k_r\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Aequidens superomaculatum\u0026quot;,0,\u0026quot;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\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;ANIMAL\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[291933,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/g\/11c45s0k_r\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;1219\u0026quot;:[null,null,\u0026quot;ANIMAL\u0026quot;,null,null,\u0026quot;\/g\/11c45s0k_r\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[69]}]],null,0,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0]]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, commonly known as the \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eSuper Orange Acara\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eSuper Orange Aequidens\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003cmark class=\"HxTRcb\"\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf qRNeBd_h\/HugV6--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb qRNeBd_h\/HugV6--\u003eSouth American cichlid species scientifically described in 2015\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[]]--\u003e\u003c\/mark\u003e. 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