Apistogramma identification

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Burto

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Blue Mountains, N.S.W., Australia
Wondering if anyone can help me identify this pair of Apistogramma I picked up today. Store had so many different apistos these had skipped getting labeled and no one was sure what they were. I bought them anyway because they looked pretty nice, were more colourful in the shop. Hadn't been in their new tank very long when the pics were taken. Male's front dorsal spines were pretty tall when erect.

Sorry for crappy phone pics.
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And a crappy phone video:
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I would be interested to know myself - perhaps they need to settle in a bit and color up to tell what they are for sure.
 
Looks like they could possibly be nijsseni, but yeah... you need to wait till they get settled in to know for sure.
 
Thanks guys, I'll try to get some more photos once they settle in, they're in my girlfriend's tank at her place. I hadn't considered nijsseni since I remember them being fairly stout-bodied but I can see similarities now, also considering trifasciata and pandurini.
 
They're in conditioned tap water in the pics, but have a clean supply of rain water to transition them to with each water change. GF tells me the female is coloured up/not looking stressed. Hopefully get some updated pics son.
 
Hoping these recent pictures might allow for some further insight, thanks in advance.

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Apistogramma baenschi, also known as Inka 50 - panduro don't have the black lateral barring.

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Not my photograph, but a decent example of a typical specimen. I keep the species but the tank is really hard to shoot due to the lighting setup.

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Old shot of my wild male from back in June, managed to snap one of his dorsal hard ray tips off while killing his second girlfriend - it has since regrown. Quite spectacular with dorsal extended/flaring.
 
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