megaptera, Apistogramma Mesa S. [L. M.] & Lasso [C. A.] 2011 [Biota Colombiana v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 31959] Río Inírida, caño Matadero, 3°48'32.7"N, 67°54'23.8"W, Departamento de Guainía, Colombia. Holotype: IAvH-P 11714 [ex MHNLS 22547]. Paratypes: MHNLS 4188 (1), 22546 (1), 26037 (1). Type catalog: DoNascimiento et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34787]. •Valid as Apistogramma megaptera Mesa S. & Lasso 2011 -- (Britzke et al. 2014:418 [ref. 33522], Staeck 2017:119 [ref. 35639], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:98 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Apistogramma megaptera Mesa S. & Lasso 2011. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Upper Orinoco River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.