Apisto from rio ucayali

[PissBabyTheFourth]

I’m looking for an apistogramma species from the ucayali river, if possible a more docile species

 

[MacZ]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354844796_Peces_ornamentales_de_la_Amazonia_peruana

You might find this interesting. And before anybody asks: It's free and available without paywall on that site right from the authors.

 

[Mike Wise]

The Rio Ucayali is a major tributary of the upper Amazon in Peru. There are dozens of apisto species known from the system, too many to list in a post. MacZ has given you one resourse. Another is the apisto species list on TomC's site: https://www.tomc.no/page.aspx?pageid=127.

 

[PissBabyTheFourth]

I would do a smaller more specific area but it’s very hard to find good info about them lol, thanks for the sources!

 

[MacZ]

I think for you a habitat type would be easier to manage than an exact location. Like an Igarapé, a Morichal or a pool in the Igapó around a certain lake or river.

I for example have done a small side tributary of the Rio Negro. And that kind of habitat can be any small blackwater creek along the main River. I chose one widespread species (Nannostomus eques) and one specific for the region (Dicrossus filamentosus) that is still common in that place.

I guess for a strict recreation of a locality you will have to go there in person or get someone to send you good and extensive footage and water analysises and maybe even send you the fish. That said: Availability of species should also be your concern.