A. piaroa Wild male from the Puerto Carreño area, Colombia
Taxonomy
Mesa & Lasso 2011
A.-trifasciata-Lineage
A.-trifasciata-Sublineage
A.-brevis-Group
Apistogramma piaroa is described in this paper:
III. Revisión del género Apistogramma Regan 1913
(Perciformes, Cichlidae) en la cuenca del río Orinoco.
L. MESA & C. LASSO
Synonyms
A. sp. "Breitbinden/Broad-banded";
A. cf. sp. "Breitbinden" (Staeck);
A. sp. "Caño Morrocoy"
Distribution and habitat
U. Río Negro (Brazil);
U. Río Orinoco (Colombia, Venezuela)
Río Negro (Brazil)?
Water parameters
PH : 4-5
ppm : As low as possible
My Experience
Quite peaceful, even when several fishes of both sexes are together
Breeding
Breeds easily and often when the water parameters are right. Even when a group of fishes inhabits the tank.