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Apistogramma nijsseni
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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.[1][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.
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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] | |
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The species is named after the Dutch ichthyologist Han Nijssen:[5]