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Apistogramma piaroa

A. piaroa Wild male from the Puerto Carreño area, Colombia




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Identification

A-number: 164

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.