''Apistogramma'' is a large

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freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of s ...

in the

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Cichlidae Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted th ...

found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending on the exact species.

Range, conservation status and habitat

''Apistogramma'' are exclusively found in tropical and subtropical South America in the lowlands east of the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

. The highest richness is in the western

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...

and

Orinoco Basin The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries. The Orinoco watershed covers an area of about 990000 km2, making it the third largest in South America, covering most of Venezuela and eastern p ...

, but there are also species in the

Guianan Shield The Guiana Shield (french: Plateau des Guyanes, Bouclier guyanais; nl, Hoogland van Guyana, Guianaschild; pt, Planalto das Guianas, Escudo das Guianas; es, Escudo guayanés) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a ...

, eastern Amazon Basin, rivers flowing into the Atlantic in northern Brazil (

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– Araguaia to

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) and the

Río de la Plata Basin The Río de la Plata basin ( es, Cuenca del Plata, pt, Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, sometimes called the Platine basin or Platine region, is the hydrographical area in South America that drain ...

.Kullander, S.O., and E.J.G. Ferreira (2005). Two new species of Apistogramma Regan (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the rio Trombetas, Pará State, Brazil. Neotrop. ichthyol. 3(3). Although a few species are widespread, most members of this genus have small ranges.Tougard, C., C.R.G. Dávila, U. Römer, F. Duponchelle, F. Cerqueira, E. Paradis, B. Guinand, C.A. Chávez, V. Salas, S. Quérouil, S. Sirvas, and J.-F. Renno (2017). Tempo and rates of diversification in the South American cichlid genus Apistogramma (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). PLoS ONE 12(9): e0182618. Few members of the genus have been evaluated by the IUCN, mostly either ranking as

least concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. Th ...

(not threatened) or

data deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. This does not necessarily ...

(limited available data prevents an evaluation), but some of the highly localized ''Apistogramma'' species likely are

threatened Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...

.Römer, U., Duponchelle, F., Vela Diaz, A., Garcia Davilla, C., Sirvas, S., Diaz Catchay, C. & Renno, J.-F. (2011)
''Apistogramma cinilabra'' sp. n.: Description of a potentially endangered endemic cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Departamento Loreto, Peru.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (1): 3-23.''Römer, U., Soares, D.P., García Dávila, C.R., Duponchelle, F., Renno, J.-F. & Hahn, I. (2015)
Re-description of ''Apistogramma payaminonis'' Kullander, 1986, with descriptions of two new cichlid species of the genus ''Apistogramma'' (Teleostei, Perciformes, Geophaginae) from northern Peru.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (3): 305–332.'' Primary threats to their survival are

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(causing changes in their

microhabitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

) and pollution (for example by oil drilling or mining). ''Apistogramma'' generally inhabit streams, or edges of rivers or lakes. Most prefer sheltered habitats with leaf litter on the bottom in water with little movement and a shallow depth, up to about , although a few species occur deeper, in fast-flowing water, in more open habitats or at the surface among floating plants.Staeck, W., and I. Schindler (2019). Apistogramma psammophila – a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Rio Atabapo drainage in Colombia and Venezuela. Vertebrate Zoology 69(1): 103-110.

Appearance

''Apistogramma'' are dwarf cichlids with adults reaching between in

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depending on exact species. Most species are strongly

sexually dimorphic Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most ani ...

, 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 pattern is reversed or the sexes are rather similar.Rodrigues, R.R., J. Zuanon, K. Del-Claro, and L.N. Carvalho (2012). Reproductive behavior of the Amazonian dwarf cichlid Apistogramma hippolytae Kullander, 1982: offsetting costs and benefits. Acta Ethologica 15(1): 1-7. . Additionally, they often change color depending on behavior, for example when looking for food, breeding or during aggressive encounters.Rodrigues, R.R., L.N. Carvalho, J. Zuanon, and K. Del-Claro (2009). Color changing and behavioral context in the Amazonian Dwarf Cichlid Apistogramma hippolytae (Perciformes). Neotrop. ichthyol. 7(4). A few species, including '' A. agassizii'', '' A. cacatuoides'', '' A hongsloi'' and '' A. macmasteri'', have been

selectively bred Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant ma ...

by aquarists to achieve brighter colors than the natural, wild forms.

Behavior

''Apistogramma'' are

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s, but tending towards micropredatory. Their main food items consist of aquatic insect

larvae A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. T ...

and other small

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and plant debris. Brood care is highly developed, as in most cichlids. Nearly all ''Apistogramma'' species

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in crevices (small caves), typically in holes in sunken logs or branches, or in leaf litter aggregations. A number of breeding strategies exist in the genus. Some species breed in

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harems, while other species form

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pairs. Three of the described species, '' A. barlowi'', '' A. megastoma'' and '' A. pantalone'', practice

mouthbrooding Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a va ...

, either by both parents or only by the female. In most cases, regardless of the breeding strategy, the female is more highly involved with care of the eggs and fry, whilst the male defends a territory from predators. The sex of the fry is affected by the water conditions: In all species where it has been studied warmer water results in more males and in some species more acidic water (lower pH) also results in more males.Römer, U., and W. Beisenherz (1996). Environmental determination of sex in Apistogramma (Cichlidae) and two other freshwater fishes (Teleostei). Journal of Fish Biology 48(4): 714-725. Ospina-Álvarez, N., and F. Piferrer (2008). Temperature-dependent sex determination in fish revisited: Prevalence, a single sex ratio response pattern, and possible effects of climate change. PLoS One 3(7): e2837.

Taxonomy and species

Apistogramma allpahuayo Schwarzkinn-Zwergbuntbarsch

''Apistogramma'' is part of

Geophagini Geophagini is a tribe of cichlids from the subfamily Cichlinae, the American cichlids. It is the sister taxon to the clade which includes the Cichlasomatini and Heroini. Fishes in the Geophagini are distributed from Panama south to Argentina, it ...

and its closest relatives are '' Apistogrammoides'' and '' Taeniacara''.López-Fernández, H., R.L. Honeycutt, M.L.J. Stiassny, and K.O. Winemiller (2005). Morphology, molecules, and character congruence in the phylogeny of South American geophagine cichlids (Perciformes, Labroidei). Zoologica Scripta 34(6): 627–651. There are currently 93 recognized ''Apistogramma'' species, making it the most species-rich genus of cichlid in the Americas, together with ''

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''. New species of ''Apistogramma'' are regularly described, and

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—sometimes

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—are known to exist in the genus.Carvalho, A.P.C., R.A. Collins, J.G. Martínez, I.P. Farias, and T. Hrbek (2019). From shallow to deep divergences: mixed messages from Amazon Basin cichlids. Hydrobiologia 832(1): 317–329. Several of the recognized species occur in more than one form, and some of these actually may represent separate species, as appears to be the case for the "Papagayo" and "Pebás" forms, both typically included in ''A. ortegai''. A comprehensive

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review of the genus is necessary. The genus is sometimes divided into subgroups based on the appearance and

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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. It is n ...

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Apistogramma aguarico ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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''Apistogramma aguarico'' sp. n.: A new species of geophagine cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Ecuadorian and Peruvian río Napo system.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (2): 171-181.'' * ''

Apistogramma alacrina ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 2004 * '' Apistogramma allpahuayo''

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Description of ''Apistogramma allpahuayo'' sp. n., a new dwarf cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from in and around the Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, Loreto, Peru.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 62 (2): 189–212.'' * '' Apistogramma amoena'' (

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'' S. O. Kullander & E. F. G. Ferreira, 2005 * '' Apistogramma arua''

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'' Pellegrin, 1936 * ''

Apistogramma borellii ''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. Th ...

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, 2011 * '' Apistogramma cinilabra''

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Apistogramma commbrae ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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Apistogramma cruzi ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1986 * ''

Apistogramma diplotaenia ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1987 * '' Apistogramma eleutheria'' Varella & Britzke, 2016Varella, H.R. & Britzke, R. (2016)
''Apistogramma eleutheria'' and ''A. flavipedunculata'', two new species of dwarf cichlids from the rio Curuá on Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (1): 81-95.'' * '' Apistogramma elizabethae'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * '' Apistogramma eremnopyge''

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Apistogramma erythrura ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Staeck & I. Schindler, 2008 * '' Apistogramma eunotus'' S. O. Kullander, 1981 * ''

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Apistogramma flabellicauda ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Mesa-Salazar &

, 2011 * ''

Apistogramma flavipedunculata ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Varella & Britzke, 2016 * '' Apistogramma geisleri'' Meinken, 1971 * '' Apistogramma gephyra'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * '' Apistogramma gibbiceps'' Meinken, 1969 * '' Apistogramma gossei'' S. O. Kullander, 1982 * ''

Apistogramma guttata ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Antonio C., S. O. Kullander & Lasso A., 1989 * ''

Apistogramma helkeri ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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Description of ''Apistogramma helkeri'' sp. n., a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the lower río Cuao (Orinoco drainage) in Venezuela.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (3): 301-306.'' * '' Apistogramma hippolytae'' S. O. Kullander, 1982 * '' Apistogramma hoignei'' Meinken, 1965 * '' Apistogramma hongsloi'' S. O. Kullander, 1979 * '' Apistogramma huascar''

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Apistogramma inconspicua ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1983 * ''

Apistogramma iniridae ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1979 * ''

Apistogramma inornata ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Staeck, 2003 * ''

Apistogramma intermedia ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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, 2011 * '' Apistogramma juruensis'' S. O. Kullander, 1986 * '' Apistogramma kullanderi'' Varella & Sabaj Pérez, 2014Varella, H.R. & Sabaj Pérez, M.H. (2014)
A titan among dwarfs: ''Apistogramma kullanderi'', new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
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Apistogramma lineata ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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, 2011 * '' Apistogramma linkei'' Koslowski, 1985 * ''

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'' S. O. Kullander, 1976 * '' Apistogramma macmasteri'' S. O. Kullander, 1979 * '' Apistogramma martini''

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Apistogramma megaptera ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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, 2011Mesa Salazar, L.M. & Lasso, C.A. (2011)
''Apistogramma megaptera'' (Perciformes: Cichlidae), una nueva especie para la cuenca del Orinoco.
''Biota Colombiana, 12 (1): 19-30.'' * '' Apistogramma megastoma''

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Apistogramma meinkeni ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * ''

Apistogramma mendezi ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' U. Römer, 1994 * ''

Apistogramma minima ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

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Apistogramma moae ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * '' Apistogramma nijsseni'' S. O. Kullander, 1979 * ''

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, 2011 * ''

Apistogramma ortegai ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Britzke, C. de Oliveira & S. O. Kullander, 2014Britzke, R., Oliveira, C. & Kullander, S.O. (2014)
''Apistogramma ortegai'' (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new species of cichlid fish from the Ampyiacu River in the Peruvian Amazon basin.
''Zootaxa, 3869 (4): 409–419.'' * ''

Apistogramma ortmanni ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1912) * ''

Apistogramma panduro ''Apistogramma panduro'' (A-183), also commonly referred to as ''Apistogramma pandurini'', is a small species of cichlid freshwater fish from the Amazon river basin in Peru. It is closely related to '' A. nijsseni'', so much so that they are pla ...

'' U. Römer, 1997 * '' Apistogramma pantalone''

, Soares & Hahn, 2006 * '' Apistogramma paucisquamis'' S. O. Kullander & Staeck, 1988 * ''

Apistogramma paulmuelleri ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

, Beninde, Duponchelle, García-Dávila, Vela Díaz & Renno, 2013Römer, U., Beninde, J., Duponchelle, F., García Dávila, C.R., Vela Díaz, A. & Renno, J.-F. (2013)
Description of ''Apistogramma paulmuelleri'' sp. n., a new geophagine cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Amazon river basin in Loreto, Peru.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (1): 15-34.'' * ''

Apistogramma payaminonis ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1986 * '' Apistogramma pedunculata'' Mesa-Salazar &

, 2011 * ''

Apistogramma personata ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * ''

Apistogramma pertensis ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' ( Haseman, 1911) * '' Apistogramma piaroa'' Mesa-Salazar &

, 2011 * '' Apistogramma piauiensis'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * ''

Apistogramma playayacu ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary dependi ...

, Beninde & Hahn, 2011Römer, U., Beninde, J. & Hahn, I. (2011)
''Apistogramma playayacu'' sp. n.: Description of a new cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from the Rio Napo system, Ecuador.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (3): 321-333.'' * ''

Apistogramma pleurotaenia ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' (

, 1909) * ''

Apistogramma psammophila ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Staeck & Schindler, 2019 * ''

Apistogramma pulchra ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * '' Apistogramma regani'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * ''

Apistogramma resticulosa ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * '' Apistogramma rositae''

& Hahn, 2006 * '' Apistogramma rubrolineata''

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, Zarske & Zapata, 2002 * '' Apistogramma rupununi'' Fowler, 1914 * '' Apistogramma salpinction'' S. O. Kullander & E. F. G. Ferreira, 2005 * '' Apistogramma similis'' Staeck, 2003 * ''

Apistogramma sororcula ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Staeck &

, 2016Staeck, W. & Schindler, I. (2016)
''Apistogramma sororcula'', a new dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the rio Guaporé in Bolivia and Brazil.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 141-150.'' * ''

Apistogramma staecki ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Koslowski, 1985 * '' Apistogramma steindachneri'' (

, 1908) * '' Apistogramma taeniata'' ( Günther, 1862) * ''

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 The Amazon basin is the par ...

'' ( C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903) * ''

Apistogramma tucurui ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' Staeck, 2003 * ''

Apistogramma uaupesi ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1980 * ''

Apistogramma urteagai ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' S. O. Kullander, 1986 * '' Apistogramma velifera'' Staeck, 2003 * '' Apistogramma viejita'' S. O. Kullander, 1979 * ''

Apistogramma wapisana ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

'' U. Römer, Hahn &

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, 2006 * ''

Apistogramma wolli ''Apistogramma'' is a large genus of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America, but also commonly kept in aquariums. They are dwarf cichlids that mostly feed on tiny animals and have breeding behaviors that vary depending ...

, Soares, García-Dávila, Duponchelle, Renno & Hahn, 2015

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q131118 Geophagini Fish of South America Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan