Re: What are these?

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

Eric,

This fits into a project I've just started. I have a list going of all the names
given apistos. This includes valid (scientific), invalid (scientific), nomen
nudi, &  trade names for past and present species. I'm most of the way through
the more recent names, but still have to go back and pull out some from the
pre-80s. I'm also correlating all of the names to the name generally accepted by
science or present hobby sources. So far the number is around 300.

Congratulations! You have just added 2 more to the list. "A. ortmani" is
obviously a misspelling of A. ortmanni. The question is, is it the true ortmanni
(a regani-group species) or are they using the old trade name for A.
steindachneri? A. paner, and A. paraca are new to me, but I can make some wild
guesses. A. paner might be a shortened misspelling of "A. panderini" or A.
panduro. A. paraca might be a misspelling of A. sp. Arica, a trade name for A.
uaupesi, or even A. sp. Aruana, a trade name for A. sp. Araguaia Red-face. Maybe
even A. arua, who can tell? If you buy some and figure out what they are, please
let me know so I can correlate the names with the right fish. If anyone has an
unusual name that they think I might not have, please email me with the info.
Hopefully this will remove some of the confusion in buying apistos.

Mike Wise

Eric Martina wrote:

> I was at the LFS today and they recently got a new shipment of Apistos in.
> They had A. ortmani, A. cruzeui (I assume they meant A. cruzi), A. paner,
> and A. paraca. I can't find any information about the last two. I looked in
> my Aqualog South American Cichlids II, South American Dwarf Cichlids by
> Mayland and Bork, and online to no avail. They are still very small so I
> don't think they had their adult colors yet. Does anyone know about these
> fish, or are they just mislabeled?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
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> University of Illinois
> Electrical Engineering
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