New species of Apistogramma described

Formally described as the 70th valid species of the genus Apistogramma, this new species was described from Peru, based on a total of 35 specimens collected in a small forest lake in the wider catchment of the Rio Itaya about 80 kilometres south of Iquitos during 2010. provisionally called Apistogramma sp. Roterpunkt by local fishermen, ...

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