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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Geophaginae
Genus: Apistogramma

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Apistogramma acrensis South America 2003
Apistogramma agassizii Agassiz's dwarf cichlid South America 4.2 SL 1875
Apistogramma aguarico South America 4.9 SL 2013
Apistogramma alacrina South America 5.5 SL 2004
Apistogramma allpahuayo South America 4 SL 2012
Apistogramma amoena Pleasant cichlid South America 6.3 TL 1872
Apistogramma angayuara South America 2.5 SL 2005
Apistogramma arua South America 4.4 SL 1998
Apistogramma atahualpa South America 4.2 SL 1997
Apistogramma baenschi South America 5.3 SL 2004
Apistogramma barlowi South America 6.4 SL 2008
Apistogramma bitaeniata South America 4.6 SL 1936
Apistogramma borellii Umbrella cichlid South America 3.9 SL 1906
Apistogramma brevis South America 3.9 SL 1980
Apistogramma cacatuoides Cockatoo cichlid South America 5 SL 1951
Apistogramma caetei South America 4 1980
Apistogramma caudomaculata South America 2011
Apistogramma cinilabra South America 5.4 SL 2011
Apistogramma commbrae Corumba cichlid South America 3.5 TL 1906
Apistogramma cruzi South America 5.1 SL 1986
Apistogramma diplotaenia South America 4.5 TL 1987
Apistogramma eleutheria South America 4.0 SL 2016
Apistogramma elizabethae South America 4 SL 1980
Apistogramma eremnopyge South America 3.4 SL 2004
Apistogramma erythrura South America 4.3 SL 2008
Apistogramma eunotus South America 5.3 SL 1981
Apistogramma feconat South America 4.1 SL 2015
Apistogramma flabellicauda South America 2011
Apistogramma flavipedunculata South America 4.6 SL 2016
Apistogramma geisleri South America 2.8 SL 1971
Apistogramma gephyra South America 4 1980
Apistogramma gibbiceps South America 5 1969
Apistogramma gossei South America 5 1982
Apistogramma guttata South America 3.6 SL 1989
Apistogramma helkeri South America 4.0 SL 2013
Apistogramma hippolytae South America 5 1982
Apistogramma hoignei South America 6 SL 1965
Apistogramma hongsloi South America 5 1979
Apistogramma huascar South America 4.5 SL 2006
Apistogramma inconspicua South America 4 1983
Apistogramma iniridae South America 5 1979
Apistogramma inornata South America 2003
Apistogramma intermedia South America 2011
Apistogramma juruensis South America 2.4 SL 1986
Apistogramma kullanderi South America 8.0 SL 2014
Apistogramma lineata South America 3.1 SL 2011
Apistogramma linkei South America 4 1985
Apistogramma luelingi South America 3.3 SL 1976
Apistogramma macmasteri South America 5.5 SL 1979
Apistogramma martini South America 2003
Apistogramma megaptera South America 5.9 SL 2011
Apistogramma megastoma South America 7.6 SL 2017
Apistogramma meinkeni South America 4.5 1980
Apistogramma mendezi South America 1994
Apistogramma minima South America 2011
Apistogramma moae South America 5 SL 1980
Apistogramma nijsseni South America 3.9 SL 1979
Apistogramma norberti South America 3.9 SL 1991
Apistogramma nororientalis South America 2011
Apistogramma ortegai South America 5.1 SL 2014
Apistogramma ortmanni South America 5.5 1912
Apistogramma panduro South America 4.9 SL 1997
Apistogramma pantalone South America 3.6 SL 2006
Apistogramma paucisquamis South America 3.4 SL 1988
Apistogramma paulmuelleri South America 4.1 SL 2013
Apistogramma payaminonis South America 4 SL 1986
Apistogramma pedunculata South America 2011
Apistogramma personata South America 5.2 SL 1980
Apistogramma pertensis Amazon dwarf cichlid South America 4.5 TL 1911
Apistogramma piaroa South America 2011
Apistogramma piauiensis South America 2.3 SL 1980
Apistogramma playayacu South America 4.9 SL 2011
Apistogramma pleurotaenia South America 5 1909
Apistogramma psammophila South America 2.8 SL 2019
Apistogramma pulchra South America 3.2 SL 1980
Apistogramma regani South America 5 1980
Apistogramma resticulosa South America 3.9 SL 1980
Apistogramma rositae South America 4.0 SL 2006
Apistogramma rubrolineata South America 4 SL 2002
Apistogramma rupununi Two-spot Apistogramma South America 5 1914
Apistogramma salpinction South America 3.4 SL 2005
Apistogramma similis South America 2003
Apistogramma sororcula South America 4.2 SL 2016
Apistogramma staecki South America 4 1985
Apistogramma steindachneri South America 7 TL 1908
Apistogramma taeniata South America 4.2 SL 1862
Apistogramma trifasciata South America 4.6 1903
Apistogramma tucurui South America 2003
Apistogramma uaupesi South America 6 TL 1980
Apistogramma urteagai South America 4.1 SL 1986
Apistogramma velifera South America 2003
Apistogramma viejita South America 4.6 1979
Apistogramma wapisana South America 2.9 SL 2006
Apistogramma wolli South America 5.1 SL 2015



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