Re: Apisto sp. "Cara Pintada"

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

Randy,

If your fish are the same as Julio's, then Julio has mistaken A. sp. Winkelfleck with A.
sp. Masken, a fish that looks much like A. sp. São Gabriel/Alto Negro. We have had too
many new regani-group species/color variants coming from Peru lately. I'm having problems
keeping them all straight (& I'm not the only one!).

(Thanks for the offer of juveniles. I always have a tank free (4 right now with nothing
in them but water & plants). I'd love to get some.)

Mike Wise

Randy Carey wrote:

> Mike,
>
> The fish I have pictured came from Julio last October as "cara pintada."  So if you
> think what I have is Winkelfleck, then that's probably going to be your assessment of
> Julio's stock.
>
> (If you want a few juveniles, let me know and I'll bring some when I see you in a
> couple of weeks.)
>
> --Randy
>
> Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
>
> > Julio,
> >
> > <snip>
> >  Koslowski's Masken/Masked
> > Apisto is a very different fish from the Winkelfleck Apisto. <snip>
> > This fish is definitely more closely related to A. regani
> > while the Winkelfleck Apisto pictured on Randy's web page is (until Koslowski's
> > new book comes out) an eunotus-complex species.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> > Jota Melgar wrote:
> >
> > > The fish I'm calling "Cara Pintada" is the one Koslowski introduces as
> > > "Masken" in his 12/99 article in Datz magazine. As Mike mentions, both
> > > species were initially exported as "Cara Pintada" in mixed shipments.
> > >
> > > Julio
> > >
> > >
>
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