Male in the aquarium
A male of Apistogramma pertensis collected in the Lower Rio Negro, Islas anavilhanas, Amazon basin, in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck [Germany]. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. determiner Mike Wise

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Pertensis


Last updated on:
21-Aug-2008

Apistogramma pertensis (Haseman, 1911)


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Original description as Heterogramma taeniatum pertense:

ZooBank:47A8A896-5541-47BD-84FB-BCD12026E7E8.

  • Haseman, John D.. 1911. "An annotated catalog of the cichlid fishes collected by the expedition of the Carnegie Museum to central South America, 1907-10". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 329-373 (crc00340)

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