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Apistogramma nijsseni

Apistogramma nijsseni
Apistogramma nijsseni mf mirror.jpg
Female A. nijsseni (top) and male (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Geophaginae
Genus: Apistogramma
Species: A. nijsseni
Binomial name
Apistogramma nijsseni
S. O. Kullander, 1979

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. 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, though it does not often appear in the general pet fish market.

The species is named after the Dutch ichthyologist Han Nijssen



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