Male in the aquarium
A male of Apistogramma piaroa in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck [Germany], collecting site: drainage of lower Rio Ventuari, brook at the mouth of Rio Canaripo. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. (20-Apr-2012). determiner Wolfgang Staeck

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Status
valid


Last updated on:
18-Dec-2012

Apistogramma piaroa Mesa & Lasso, 2011

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Original description as Apistogramma piaroa:

ZooBank:63BC7207-D22E-4115-954E-51AE53239DC5.

  • Mesa Salazar, Lina M & C.A. Lasso. 2011. "III. Revisión del género Apistogramma Regan, 1913 (Perciformes, Cichlidae) en la cuenca del río Orinoco". Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicas y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. pp. 1-192 (crc04790) (abstract)

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