cruzi, Apistogramma Kullander [S. O.] 1986:159, Figs. 49-50, Pl. 16 [Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru; ref. 12439] Río Mazán tributary, above Puerto Alegre, Loreto, Peru. Holotype: NRM 16664. Paratypes: GNHM 2820-23 (3, 22, 4, 1); MNHC 2233.93 (2), NRM 16663 (2). •Valid as Apistogramma cruzi Kullander 1986 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:612 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2003:30 [ref. 27488], Römer et al. 2011:20 [ref. 31288], Römer et al. 2013:25 [ref. 32665], Römer & Hahn 2013:173 [ref. 32902], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Britzke et al. 2014:418 [ref. 33522], Staeck 2017:61 [ref. 35639], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:97 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Apistogramma cruzi Kullander 1986. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.