Holotype
Holotype of Apistogramma pleurotaenia, reproduced here by CCO-1.0 license of The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Pekka Vasankari. (08-Apr-2014).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Regani


Last updated on:
23-Sep-2023

Apistogramma pleurotaenia (Regan, 1909)


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Original description as Heterogramma pleurotaenia:

ZooBank:B46CF6B2-72C1-4EEA-B11C-061CB5F782D5.

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1909. "Description of a new cichlid fish of the genus Heterogramma from La Plata". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)3:15:270 (crc01204)

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