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Published: 2004-07-09
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Apistogramma eremnopyge, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Peru

Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, POB 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, POB 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Pisces Amazon basin Cichlidae South America species richness systematics

Abstract

Apistogramma eremnopyge, new species, is described from the R o Pintuyacu, R o Itaya drainage (Amazon basin) in Peru. Apistogramma eremnopyge is unique in the genus in possessing a dark blotch on the lower caudal peduncle. It is otherwise most similar to A. bitaeniata, with males possessing extended dorsal fin lappets, and prolonged rays dorsally and ventrally in the caudal fin.

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