Re: New Apisto's in Aus.. ID ideas please.. :)

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

Steph,

Not much to go on, but it could be A. sp. "Algodon II", a very poor name for this
fish since it doesn't come from the Rio Algodon. Koslowski wrote that it is a
particularly colorful form of the fish called Parallel-stripes in the Linke &
Staeck book. Julio Melgar isn't so sure. I haven't seen this fish personally so
I'll let them fight it out. Koslowski is now calling it A. sp. Putumayo. It
certainly doesn't sound like A. sp. "Algodon I", another terrible name, because
this fish doesn't come from the Algodon either. Now it is being called A. sp.
Papagei/Parrot, among others. We are now being cursed by the exporters from Peru.
None really want to reveal their collecting sites (understandable) and each is
giving different names to the same fish. It is really quite confusing.

Mike Wise

Steph & Dave wrote:

> Ok Folks.. time to stop yakking about the ACA so that those of us in the
> rest of the world dont turn green like our algae.  I just console myself
> that I wouldnt have been allowed to bring any of them fishies home if I
> had gone.
>
> Im sure somewhere in mike's 170 slides is a pic of this fish that Ive
> found  - in the local pet shop of all places.
>
> Sold as Apistogramma sp red bar (or red line) at about 3cm it had
> yellowish fins, particularly posterior end of dorsal fin and the anal
> fin, a red squigly line on the belly in front of the anal fin (hence its
> name?) a reddish spot on the caudle peduncle.  A pointy face - small
> lips - (I can hear mike w screaming at this description) with yellow on
> the operculum, mid height but tending towards elongate (this is where i
> get lost) dont remember any details about the caudal fin shape or black
> markings, dorsal unspectacular but with an extended trailing edge.
>
> Someone here suggested A sp algonon I, does anyone have a pic of this
> fish ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steph
>
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