Apistogramma allpahuayo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Geophaginae
Genus: Apistogramma
Species: Apistogramma allpahuayo

Name

Apistogramma allpahuayo Römer et al., 2012

Holotype: MUSM 40593. Paratypes: CAS 233867 (1), 233865 (1), 233866 (4); MTD F32650 (1), F32645 (2), F32646 (2), F32693 (5), F32694 (4), F32695, topotype (1), F32696 (3); MUSM 41821 (1), 40592 (2), 41814 (1), 40591 (2), 41812 (2), 41818 (6), 42057 (5), 42058 (1).

Type locality: Peru, Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, about 2 km west of the carretera (road) from Iquitos to Nauta, a small nameless cocha (lake) with a small affluent quebrada (brook) approximately 29 km south of Iquitos, 03°59’11.1"S, 73°25’51.4"W.

Etymology: The species name allpahuayo is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality. The holotype and most of the paratypes were collected in a small brook feeding the Quebrada Allpahuayo within the Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana.

References

Römer, U., Beninde, J., Duponchelle, F., Vela Díaz, A., Ortega, H., Hahn, I., Soares, D. P., Cachay, C. D., Dávila, C. R. G., Cornejo, S. S. & Renno, J.-F., 2012: 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.