Re: pics of Malome/Mamore (???) & ID request

["Vern Wensley" <vernwen@home.com>]

The pictures are very similar to the fish that I had that were called Rio
malome.My males developed red lobes in the caudal fin,very noticeable
red.They were also quite deep bodied.The male had very elongated anal and
dorsal fins also.
Vern

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: pics of Malome/Mamore (???) & ID request


> Andrew,
>
> Looking at your photos, I am pretty certain that they are the same species
that
> Max G. & Bailin S. asked me about. I would call them A. cf. resticulosa.
They are
> most likely the same fish that came into Japan as A. sp. Mamoré Blue. I
believe
> it is also the same fish sold in this country as A. sp. Malome. They were
> probably originally exported by Aquarium Goias (I think that's what it's
called)
> - a Japanese fronted export firm in Brazil.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Andrew Faust wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> >     Finally I've got some (bad) pictures posted of my fish. I bought the
> > parents of these from Justin Hau at Ocean Aquarium in SF back in August
of
> > last year. He told me they were A.sp. "Rio Malombe" which I took to mean
> > "Malome" or "Mamoré". Anyway they don't look like any pictures of
Mamoré's
> > that I've seen. Therefore I'm clueless.
> >
> >     If I'm remembering correctly, Justin told me the parents are 1
> > generation away from wild. (Dave S. might be able to confirm, as they
came
> > from him.) So that makes these fish 2 generations away from wild. (Is
the
> > terminology F1, F2, etc.?)
> >
> >     So the question is: Does Anyone Know What This Fish Is?
> >
> > http://www.netwiz.net/~faust
> >
> > Thanks lots.
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
>
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