Twin dwarf cichlid
📖 Overview
Appears to be restricted to small clear- or blackwater forest streams with bottom substrate usually red or yellow latosol .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7; Vertebrae: 24. Apistogramma feconat can be diagnosed by the following characters: moderately high-backed, laterally compressed, and moderately elongate; distinct sexual dimorphism and dichromatism. It differs from all other known congeners on the basis of a combination of the following characters: fairly large yellow to orange head and metallic blue or pinkish body in adult males; overall grey slightly hypertrophied lips; bluish or pinkish dorsal fin with slightly prolonged serrated membranes, tips yellowish; large rhombic caudal spot; rounded caudal fin with bright orange to red submarginal and black marginal band; large lateral spot about half body height in females; broad cheek stripe, nape spot, and pectoral spot; small chin spot; squarish throat spot, clearly separated from broad mid-ventral stripe extending onto anal-fin margin .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Twin dwarf cichlid is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Twin dwarf cichlid is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Twin dwarf cichlid is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.8 - ?. Tropical; 27°C - ? South America: Peru.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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