Re: A. macilienis

["Ray Ravary, Jr." <rravary@provide.net>]

Don,

Are you in the SE Michigan area?

R3

WnyZman@aol.com wrote:

> Mike,
>     Last year I picked up 6-A. macilienis from Delores Schehr. Upon arriving
> home I see in the Mayland/Deiter book that it is a form of A. trifasciata.
> Although the "red tail" version looks very much like the "Rio Mamore" that I
> already had and am breeding now. The top photo "blue" male looks like what I
> have. I have heard that this is now it's own species. True or false?
>     Now! After spawning (in a 1/2" PVC tube no less) the female is leading
> around a small group of fry. BUT I have never seen these colors on a brooding
> female before or maybe I just wasn't looking that close. Besides the normal
> black markings, she has an aqua sheen to her dorsal and also behind the black
> on her ventral fin. Some aqua also shows up in part of the anal fin. There
> also is, at some times, a solid black line that extends from where her
> pectoral fin attaches to the body down to where the anal fin begins. It is
> not a lateral line as it actually does slant downward.
>     Any comments?
>         Don "Z-Man" Zilliox
>
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