Apistogramma paulmuelleri

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 paulmuelleri

Name

Apistogramma paulmuelleri Römer et al., 2013

• Holotype: MUSM 41805.
• Paratypes (27): MTD F 32638 (1, 1), F 32639 (1, 0), F 32635 (1, 0), F 32636 (1, 1), F 32637 (3, 1), F 32643 (1, 0); MUSM 41806 (2, 0), 41807 (1, 1), 41808 (2, 1), 41809 (1, 0), 41810 (2, 0), 41811 (1, 1); CAS 233863 (1, 1), 233864 (1, 0).

Type locality: small quebrada (stream) close to the carretera (road) from Iquitos to Nauta, Departamento Loreto, Peru; [field-station F8-P-2011-R: position 04°24'S, 73°34'W [1]].

Etymology: The specific name paulmuelleri honours the late Professor Emeritus Dr. Paul Müller (10th October 1940 to 30th May 2010), one of the leading biogeographers of recent decades, who made a number of significant contributions to our understanding of the origins of Neotropical cichlids, including the genus Apistogramma. Prior to his retirement, Professor Müller was head of department at the Institute for Biogeography at Trier University, where the senior author had the honour and pleasure of cooperating and regularly discussing his own work on Apistogramma with him.

References

• Römer, U., Beninde, J., Duponchelle, F., Dávila, C. R. G., Díaz, A. V. & 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. PDF