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ID or location help on my A. atahualpa

DaRe

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I have now after months of digging been able to find out the location of my wild cauight Apistogramma atahualpa. According to my findings they should be from Rio Momon:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=Rio+N...F-8&ei=LDyHUoX5NcST4AT3woC4Cg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

Can this be correct? Does atahualpa exist in these waters? I believe so but am not sure.
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And one of the females:
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Tom C

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Norway
I've never heard of any collection report of Apistogramma atahualpa being found in the Rio Momon-drainage. I've never found it there, either.

Apistogramma atahualpa is found in extreme blackwater in small streams in the hilly area south-west of Iquitos, between the Rio Nanay and the Rio Itaya. I have collected this species on many occasions the last 8 years...

I have market the actual area yellow here:

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Here is a picture taken from north, showing the Rio Momon entering the Rio Nanay, which itself enter the huge Rio Amazonas:

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