Male in the aquarium
A male of Apistogramma velifera in the aquarium of Wolfgang Staeck.Photo by Wolfgang Staeck. determiner Wolfgang Staeck

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Apistogramma

Group
Pertensis

Status
valid


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Published:

Last updated on:
12-Jan-2016

Apistogramma velifera Staeck, 2003

Original description as Apistogramma velifera:

ZooBank:6706C953-5870-4374-975C-CDF368E7C72C.

  • Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. v. 3; 219 p (crc00995)

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

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