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Cichlidae
Amazon dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma pertensis
Females wear darker bars across all three unpaired fins
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallAmazon dwarf cichlid is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Apistogramma
- Maximum length
- 3.9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin, in the lower Negro River and from Manacapuru to Monte Alegre along the Amazon-Solimões River.
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