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Apistogramma are dwarf cichlids with adults reaching between 2 and 8 cm (0.8–3.1 in) in standard length depending on exact species. [1] [2] Most species are strongly sexually dimorphic, with males generally larger than females and possessing different color patterns than the females (which at least when breeding are most frequently yellow with blackish markings); in a few species this ...
Apistogramma trifasciata. Apistogramma trifasciata, also known as three-striped dwarf cichlid is a species of fish from the ‘Arroyo Chagalalina’ in Paraguay extending towards the rio Guaporé drainage in the southern Amazon basin though the connected rio Paraguay watershed in Brazil and Paraguay and on as far as the middle Paraná basin in ...
Breeding. Female with newly free-swimming fry. The female places her eggs inside the roof of a cavity [2] or underneath a leaf. She takes care of the eggs by herself, [2] while the male guards the territory. The eggs are salmon colored. One of the more interesting traits of Apistogramma cacatuoides is that of "sneaker" males.
Apistogramma macmasteri is a dwarf cichlid in the tribe Geophagini, one of the tribes of the subfamily of American cichlids, the Cichlinae. [1] It is a freshwater fish that lives in the rivers Guaytiquía and Metica in the Meta River system. The Meta river system is a part of the Orinoco basin in Colombia. They live in areas with soft sandy ...
Apistogramma. Species: A. hongsloi. Binomial name. Apistogramma hongsloi. S. O. Kullander, 1979. Apistogramma hongsloi is a species of dwarf cichlid fish, native to the Orinoco basin in South America. [1] They are often kept in the aquariums and prefer to have soft, acidic water.
Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis is a South American dwarf cichlid that reaches up to 2.7 cm (1.1 in) in standard length. [1] This fish is found in the western Amazon basin, including the systems of the lower Ucayali, lower Japurá and upper Amazon River, in Peru, Colombia and Brazil. It typically lives among leaf litter or floating plants in ...
Apistogramma borellii, common names umbrella cichlid, umbrella apisto and yellow dwarf cichlid, is a species of fish in the genus Apistogramma. It is a South American dwarf cichlid, found in the Paraguay River and Paraná River. [1] They are found further south than most other members of the genus and can thus tolerate cooler temperatures. [2]
Apistogramma agassizii. Apistogramma agassizii, commonly known as Agassiz's dwarf cichlid, is a species of cichlid found in the Marañón and Ucayali River in Peru, some tributaries of the Amazon River, as well as downstream to the estuary in the Atlantic. [ 2] It is named after the Swiss-American zoologist and geologist Louis Agassiz (1807 ...