Apistogramma nijsseni

Taxobox
name = "Apistogramma nijsseni"

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image caption = a female "A. nijsseni" (top) and male (bottom)
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
subfamilia = Geophaginae
genus = "Apistogramma"
species = "A. nijsseni"
binomial = "Apistogramma nijsseni"
binomial_authority = Kullander, 1979 [Kullander, S. O. 1979. Description of a new species of the genus "Apistogramma" (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Peru. "Rev. Suisse Zool." 937-945.]

"Apistogramma nijsseni" is a species of cichlid fish, endemic to the black water habitats in the Carahuayte river drainage, South America.cite web|url=http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=26702|title="Apistogramma nijsseni"|author=Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=2007-04-28] The species is popular aquarium fish amongst dwarf cichlid hobbyists.Linke H, Staeck L (1994) "American cichlids I: Dwarf Cichlids. A handbook for their identification, care and breeding." Tetra Press. Germany. ISBN 1-56465-168-1]

ee also

*Cichlid
*Dwarf cichlid
*Apistogramma
*List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References