Male in the aquarium
Male of Apistogramma sororcula of the yellow morph from the type locality in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck [Germany]. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. (19-Dec-2005). determiner Wolfgang Staeck

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Cacatuoides


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23-Oct-2016

Apistogramma sororcula Staeck & Schindler, 2016


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Original description as Apistogramma sororcula:

ZooBank:773FE351-F9DB-4AFA-8DD9-593B524D7897.

  • Staeck, Wolfgang & Ingo Schindler. 2016. "Apistogramma sororcula, a new dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the rio Guaporé in Bolivia and Brazil". Vertebrate Zoology. 66(22):141-150 (crc07564) (abstract)

Conservation: Apistogramma sororcula is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.