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Meinken's Dwarf Cichlid

Apistogramma meinkeni

Classification

Family
Cichlidae

Hermann Meinken (10 December 1896 – 22 June 1976) was a German aquarist and amateur ichthyologist. Biography Meinken worked for several years as a high school biology teacher. In 1951, together with Werner Ladiges and Hugo Weise, he founded the Commission for the Creation of German Fish Names in Hanover, which aimed to propose and establish German vernacular names for ornamental fish.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog