Male in the aquarium
An adult of Apistogramma huascar male in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck; Berlin [Germany]. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. determiner Mike Wise

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Atahualpa


Last updated on:
16-Feb-2008

Apistogramma huascar Römer, Pretor & Hahn, 2006


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Original description as Apistogramma huascar:

ZooBank:9F883757-736D-43D9-901C-B2DB930A98DD.

  • Römer, Uwe & E. Römer, D. P. Soares, I. Hahn. 2006. "Apistogramma huascar sp. n. - Description of a geophagine Dwarf Cichlid (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the North of Peru". Cichlid Atlas 2: Natural History of South American Dwarf Cichlids – Volume 2. 636-661. ISBN: 978-3-88244-041-6 (crc01414) (abstract)

Conservation: Apistogramma huascar is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).