Male in the aquarium
A male of Apistogramma paucisquamis in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. determiner Mike Wise

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Bitaeniata


Last updated on:
02-Jan-2008

Apistogramma paucisquamis Kullander, 1988


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Original description as Apistogramma paucisquamis:

ZooBank:26ED8DD3-E12E-45DE-AFE0-E6EAD01ADAB6.

  • Kullander, Sven & Wolfgang Staeck. 1988. "Description of a new Apistogramma species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Negro in Brazil". Cybium. 12:3:189-201 (crc01203)

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