banded dwarf cichlid

Apistogramma bitaeniata

Long lyre streamers trail over blackwater leaves

Tropical
Lower river
Southern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
South America
Small
Tropical fish

Banded dwarf cichlid (Apistogramma bitaeniata) is a species of benthopelagic freshwater fish from South America. It is a popular dwarf cichlid among fishkeepers. It is found in blackwater rivers of the Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cichlids and Allies
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Apistogramma
Maximum length: 4.6 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, restricted to Peruvian and adjacent Brazilian black-water river systems (collected in the lower Nanay, Mazán and Tigre in Peru, near Leticia in Colombia, and in Igarapé Preto and Lago Tefé in Brazil).

Report a correction