Re: Fish ID

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

Eric,

I'm pretty sure that photo #5 is of a young male A. agassizii. A. pulchra males
usually exhibit a lace like series of light colored spot, especially in the
upper lobe, in the tail fin. They don't show the white submarginal band around
the tail that is characteristic of A. agassizii. Give him a few months and see
if the tail doesn't start becoming spade shaped. BTW the photo in the Aqualog
book labeled as "A. cf. pulchra" (S03805-4) is more like a young A. agassizii
than the Rio Madeira or Rio Branco forms of A. pulchra.

Mike Wise

Eric Martina wrote:

> Hello all. I finally got some pictures up of the fish I bought a while ago
> that the LFS called an Apistogramma panser, I think I mentioned it to the
> group. He isn't full grown yet, but I think he has most of his color now. I
> don't think his caudal fin is spade enough to be an agassizii, so I think he
> is pulchra. Does anyone agree, disagree? I have never seen an A. pulchra
> before, I am just going off of the pictures in my Aqualog. So if anyone can
> give me a positive ID I would greatly appreciate it! The pictures are at:
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1170170&a=12232357&f=0
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
> P.S. Does anyone have a female for him that they would be willing to trade,
> sell?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Eric Martina
> University of Illinois
> Electrical Engineering
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