Apistogramma nijsseni
Apistogramma nijsseni is a species of cichlid fish, endemic to highly restricted local black water habitats in the Quebrada Carahuayte, a small stream in the Ucayali River drainage, southern Peru.[3] The male reaches a maximum length of 8 cm (3 in), the female remaining somewhat smaller. Apistogramma brooding females assume a bright yellow and black aposematic coloring: in A. nijsseni, unusually, a healthy, unstressed female retains this coloring. The species is popular aquarium fish amongst dwarf cichlid hobbyists,[4] though it does not often appear in the general pet fish market.
Apistogramma nijsseni adult female.
| Apistogramma nijsseni | |
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| Female A. nijsseni (top) and male (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Apistogramma |
| Species: | A. nijsseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Apistogramma nijsseni S. O. Kullander, 1979[2] | |
The species is named after the Dutch ichthyologist Han Nijssen[5]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Apistogramma nijsseni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Ortega Torres, H. (2016). "Apistogramma nijsseni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T49829962A53817673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49829962A53817673.en.
- Kullander, S. O. 1979. Description of a new species of the genus Apistogramma (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Peru. Rev. Suisse Zool. 937-945.
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. "Apistogramma nijsseni". FishBase. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
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- Apistogramma nijsseni Kullander Archived 2013-09-14 at the Wayback Machine - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
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