Description

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Common Names

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Tostribet dværgcichlide , Danish , Denmark

Korukääpiöahven , Finnish , Finland

Zweistreifen Zwergbuntbarsch , German , Germany

双带隐带丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雙帶隱帶麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Apistogramma

Species: Apistogramma bitaeniata Pellegrin, 1936

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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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).

Biology

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Grows larger in aquaria, the largest being a male measuring 4.65 cm SL (Ref. 9088). Eggs are deposited on the ceiling of caves and are tendered by the female parent (Ref. 2060).

Habitat

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benthopelagic