Re: Races of Rams?

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

There is only 1 recognized species of Ram in the
Orinoco Basin. There are several slight color
variants, however. They are generally not
significant enough to warrant being given location
names. All grow to about the same size, so I
imagine that lack of competition/stress led your
lone fish to putting more effort into growth.

Mike Wise

Gregory Nielsen wrote:

> I found a Ram in a  group of A. iniridae that
> came directly from Puerto Inirida in Colombia.
> It has grown very large, much larger and grew
> faster than the regular wild Rams that come from
> Puerto Gaitan. Does anyone know if there are
> geographical races of Rams showing size
> differences? Or maybe it grew large because it
> was all alone (no competition from other
> rams) Regards, Greg Nielsen




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