Apistogramma ortegai Tidigare fanns Apistogramma sp. "pebas" samt
Apistogramma sp. "papagei" . De slås nu samman under denna art och kan ses som former av arten. Inom A. ortegai hittar vi A87-A92. Jag har inte slagit samman papagei ännu i artregistret men de dyker upp som former av arten.Så här skriver författarna om denna sammanslagning:
Koslowski (2002) distinguished two forms of Apistogramma from the Pebas area in which the caudal spot is confluent or contiguous with the lateral band, called “Pebas” (lateral band extending to bar 7 and connecting to caudal spot forming a drop-shaped spot) and “Papagei” (lateral band extending to bar 7 and connecting to caudal spot forming sort of double-spot), respectively. Both obviously agree in all regards with the material here referred to A. ortegai. Although he presented them as as undescribed species, Koslowski noted that the two forms possibly only represent intraspecific variation. Our morphological data from A. ortegai does not permit recognition of more than one species, and consequently “Papagei” and “Pebas” are both included in the concept of A. ortegai.
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