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Mota
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Mota

Parachromis motaguensis

Parachromis motaguensis, the False yellowjacket cichlid, is a species of cichlid native to Guatemala and Honduras in Central America. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. This species is farmed.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Mota in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.779

Mota in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.780

Mota in Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.634

Mota in Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.635

Mota in Stirpium adversaria nova

Stirpium adversaria nova

Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.257

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