Re: Apisto sp. 'Orange'

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

Alan,

>From the short description, it sounds like you might have young specimens of the
domestic A. cacatuoides (Orange). It's a very pretty fish. I would have to have a
better description or photos to make a better guess.

Mike Wise

NaturalDTP@aol.com wrote:

> Another name for you Mike...
>
> Here in the UK I bought a young trio of wild caught fish as Ap. sp. 'Orange'.
>  They are certainly nijsenni/cacutoides group fish.  I'm guessing at
> atahualpa, even though they are more yellow and the blue is paler and not as
> extensive as the atahualpa on the Krib website.
>
> male: bodycolour is metallic 'old gold' with a blue sheen on the lower half
> of the body from the caudal fin forward to mid-way.  There is a checker
> pattern of darker scales in the blue near the caudal fin. Nomally there is
> only a hint of any dark markings, although under stress it gets markings
> typical of cacutoides - a cheek stripe, a wide even body stripe with the
> addition of large spot at the base of the caudal fin.  The caudal fin is
> rounded (like nijsenni) and unmarked. The dorsal fin is not especially sail
> like but the first 5 rays are extended.  These are young fish and the lappets
> are already longer than 'norberti' so the potential is for cacutoides length
> lappets.
>
> female: the dominant female has a bright plain yellow bodycolour, with no
> bodyspots other than 7-8 dark spots on the margin between the dorsal fin and
> the body.  She has a black cheek stripe and black ventrals.  She has a large
> black spot on the caudal peduncle.  The subdominant female has more subtle
> colouring with a light brown bodystripe.
>
> They are fairly intolerant of other dwarf cichlids in their tank (a very
> heavily planted 50 USgallon) with cardinals, Ap. trifaciata, Ap. hongsloi I,
> wild Rams.
>
> Can anyone confirm this is atahualpa, or suggest an alternative.
>
> Alan W
>
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