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Apisto News:
A spectacular form of Apistogramma
(cf.) "Breitbinden" (Colombia).
This wonderful fish were collected in a small tributary to the Rio Inirida in July 2010, only about 1 km. from the presumed new species below.
 
A new(?) Apistogramma-brevis-group species intermediate between
A. sp. "Breitbinden" and A. personata.
This probably new species was collected in a small tributary to the Rio Inirida, Colombia, in June 2010.
Apistogramma (cf.) personata (A 172) has been collected
Apistogramma (cf.) personata has not been seen for many years.
This might be the first time since Uwe Werner and his fellow travelers brought it back in 1995.
A Japanese collector and a local fisherman collected the fish near the town of Mitu, Río Vaupes drainage in Colombia, in January 2010.
 
Has the A. sp. "Kelleri" been collected in the Rio Jutai (Brazil) ?
We met the fisherman who had collected this fish in the Rio Jutai, October 2009. This fish looks vey much like the A. sp. "Kelleri" which was collected in Leticia (Brazil) in 2008. It is sold in Germany as Apistogramma sp. "Diamond face". Of course also similarities with A. barlowi.
Male:
 
Female:
 
A new Apistogramma in the A.-cacatuoides-group (?) from Rio Jutai (Brazil), October 2009
This fish was collected in Rio Jutai, Brazil, in October 2009. Obviousely a new species.
 
The "cheveron" pattern (here marked in red) reminds of the markings of A. staecki:
 
Apistogramma sp. "Alto Tapiche" has been collected (October 2009).
In 2008 the japanese Minoru Matsuzaka bought a fish from a fisherman in Rio Tapiche,
and presented this picture of it:
In October 2009, we decided that we wanted to find this fish and have a look at it's habitat.
This brought us out on a 1136 km long trip on Rio Ucayali and Rio Tapiche,
AND WE FOUND IT! :
 
Similarities with Apistogramma rubrolineata, but it was found a long distance from the Rio Madre de Dios drainage, where A. rubrolineata lives.
This is, to me, obviousely a new species......
Apistogramma sp. "Ruth" has been collected (Oct.-2009).
A fisherman presented the picture of this fish; he called it Apistogramma sp. "Ruth" (after a member of his family):
Of course we had to find it, collect it AND COUNT THE NUMBER OF HARD SPINES IN THE ANAL FIN.
Then you all know what species we are talking about.
We found the fish where the locals had found it: among Water Hyasints in a rest water pool near the mouth of Rio Itaya.
Although a well known species, the amount of blue pattern in the face and on the gill covers is very unusual. Could it be a new form?
This is how it looked like in a bag:
 
Apistogramma sp. aff. huascar has been collected (Oct. -2009).
This fish were collected in the Rio Tapiche drainage. Looks like a A. huascar, but it has a dorsal fin like A. sp. "Breitbinden" !
3 "new" species were collected from the Rio Napo drainage during the October-2009 trip to the Peruvian Amazon:
Apistogramma sp. "Rio Napo 1"
This fish has much of the same colors as fish from the Pebas-area, but it doesn't show any dobbel caudal spot.
 
Apistogramma sp. "Rio Napo 2"
This fish resembles a lot of A. sp. "Rocka Eterna" (see below), but has a much more slender body.
 
Apistogramma sp. "Rio Napo 3"
This fish has many similarities with A. cruzi, and the locals used that name for this fish. Could it be a color form of A. cruzi ?
 
Apistogramma sp. "Roca Eterna" has been brought home.
From the trip to South America in 2008, we brought a species home that might be a new species.
Obviousely an A. sp. "Pebas"-subcomplex fish.
 
Apistogramma sp. "Needle-stripes/Nadelstreifen" has been collected.
On the trip to South America in October 2008, we went, on a short trip, to Leticia, in Colombia.
Here, in the neighborhood of Leticia, we collected this very seldom collected species, in smal streams. A few fish were brought back to Norway.
I. Koslowski consider this unic species as a bridge with the A. eunotus - subcomplex and the A. cruzi - subcomplex.
 
Profile on this fish is found here.
The fish formerly known as Apistogramma sp. "Rio Mamoré" has been scientifically described, as Apistogramma erythrura. (November 2008)
You'll find the complete description here:
Apistogramma erythrura sp. n. - a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the rio Mamoré drainage in Bolivia
Wolfgang Staeck & Ingo Schindler
Our profile on A. erythrura
Another new Apistogramma in the A.-nijsseni-group, from Peru (June 2008)
Have you ever seen an Apistogramma-nijsseni-group fish with spots in the anal fin ?
Well, here you can see one:
A new Apistogramma-form from Peru ? (May 2008)
A new form of Apistogramma in the A.-eunotus-complex has been collected; it has a strange bar 7 and caudal spot:
Updated November 2008: We collected it on October 2008. A report from the expedition kan be found here, and a profile of the fish is here.
Another form of Apistogramma cf. eunotus.
The fish clearly show a horizontally split caudal spot that is rather unusual (similar to the caudal spot seen on some Río Algodón populations of A. sp. Putumayo).
It appears to be closely related to the typical Orangeschwanz form of A. cf. eunotus.
It is called Apistogramma cf. eunotus "Spaltenfleck /Split-Spot".
We got the information and the pictures of this new fish from my good friend Mark Breeze (UK).
Updated July 2008: Studies of preserved fish now indicates that this probably is an entirely new species, not a form of A. cf. eunotus.
 
Apistogramma sp. "Maulbrüter" / "Mouthbrooder" has been described,
as Apistogramma barlowi.
Late 2007, U. Römer & I. Hahn described it, and named it after Dr. George W. Barlow, one of the most eminent cichlid researcher of the past half century - especially in cichlid behavior. Dr. Barlow also wrote the very interesting book "The cichlid fish. Nature's grand experiment in evolution"
Apistogramma barlowi sp. n.: Description of a new facultativ mouth-breeding cichlid species
(Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from Northern Peru
U. Römer og I. Hahn 2007
 
Our profiles on A. barlowi : The red/blue color form The white color form
The rediscovery of Apistogramma cf. payaminonis.
In Desember 2007, a few specimens of a "new" Apistogramma came in to Stingray Aquarium, Peru.
A fisherman had collected them "close to the border Peru/Ecuador", and so far the more excact collecting location is not known.
Kästner (2000) introduced a dwarf cichlid as A. payaminonis that has great similarities to the A. payaminonis known from Ecuador, but with some differences. His specimens arrived in a regular import from Manaus, this rule against an identity with A. payaminonis. The explanation is believed to be found in the trade of fish from Peru/Ecuador to Brazil.
The latest discovery of this fish, close to the border Peru/Ecuador, confirms that the fish originally comes from areas far from Brazil, and also makes the identity close to A. payaminonis more logic.
The true (?) Apistogramma cruzi has been collected.
On my last collection trip to the Amazon, in October 2007, I followed in the footsteps of dr. Kullander to Rio Mazan, and I found this beauty:
 
A (new ?) Apistogramma form from Picuruyacu (Peru)
On my last collection trip to the Amazon, in October 2007, I found this fish in a pond in Picuruyacu. The fish has similarities with A. cruzi, A. sp. Nanay/Melgar and even A. moa(?).
The name, until the fish is further examined, is Apistogramma sp. aff. cruzi (P icuruyacu).
  
Three color forms of Apistogramma sp. Nanay / Melgar
On my last collection trip to the Amazon, in October 2007, I found this fish in different locations in Loreto, Peru.
From left to right: Apistogramma sp. Nanay/Melgar I(Punchana), Apistogramma sp. Nanay/Melgar II (Rio Nanay), and Apistogramma sp. Nanay/Melgar "Bleeding heart"(Laguna de quistococha)
  
A new form of Apistogramma cf. eunotus from the Rio Huallaga drainage.
In August/September 2007, a new form of A. cf. eunotus was collected in the Rio Huallaga drainage, north of Tarapoto (Peru).
Like A. cf. eunotus (Schwanzsterifen/Tail-stripes)( A 77) it has a distinct pattern in the caudal fin.
It is called Apistogramma cf. eunotus (Rio Huallaga).
Here are pictures of both sexes, shot in one of my tanks:
  
A new Apistogramma has been discovered.
It was found in south-east Colombia, early in 2007.
It is so far given the name Apistogramma sp. "Kelleri". It seems to be closely related to Apistogramma sp. Maulbruter/Mouthbrooder.
Whether it is a mouthbrooder like its relative, is so far not known.
Pictures of the new species can be seen here:
http://www.nederlandsecichlidenforum.nl/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4236&p=89870&hilit=Kelleri#p89870
A new form of Apistogramma huascar has been found in Peru.
So far, the collecting location is a "trade secret".
Let's hope aquarists keep aware of the differences, and don't mix / crossbreed these two forms.
I have marked the differences between the original and the new form.
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