Apistogramma allpahuayo

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.