Male in the aquarium
A male of Apistogramma rupununi in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck; Berlin [Germany]. Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. determiner Mike Wise

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Steindachneri


Last updated on:
14-Mar-2008

Apistogramma rupununi (Fowler, 1914)


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Original description as Apistogramma ortmanni rupununi:

ZooBank:3A95ED94-4E91-430C-9768-47508AC895B4.

  • Fowler, Henry W. 1914. "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 66:229-284 (crc01206)

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