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For sure not! A. sp. Putumayo is a cruzi-subcomplex species. This one is an agassizii-subcomplex species. If they are in fact from the Rio Putumayo, it can be A. cf. agassizii (Rio Putumayo).
It's the fish so far known as A. cf. sp. Pacman (Japan/Cano Iraca). A. sp. D66 is an other name of it, that for certain reasons had not been added to the species list so far - but now it has been added.
On all the pictures I have of 5 different males every one of them has the lower half of the ventral fins colored red. Even some females in brooding dress show red tips of the ventral fins. But exceptions from such "rules" are present in every Apisto species, especially regarding such "soft...
That is very commendable!
Unfortunately, that's impossible to tell for sure without knowing the catch location. However, does your male ever show red coloration in the lower half of it's ventral fins, like this one?
According to my experience, in most cases it is impossible to tell the exact species from a single picture of a single (subadult and/or female) specimen without any additional information (e.g. catch location, name under which it was sold, other fishes it came with etc.). However, based on this...
Yes, they are not viejita. Type 2 is known as A. sp. Rotflecken and type 3 as A. sp. Schwarzkehl. Whether the latter two are two different species or merely different forms of the same species isn't known for sure, but I believe they are different species.