Apistogramma Tiger Stripe

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

I was recently asked about A. sp. Tiger stripe
written about in the most recent (May 2001) TFH
Magazine. I thought I would send this to the list
members before I get any more questions about this
"new" apisto.

Mike Wise

Glen,

This is an update on the earlier post. I looked up
the TFH issue you mentioned (May, 2001). The fish
that you asked about ("A. sp. Tiger-stripe) was
originally called "A. sp. Masken/Masked" by Ingo
Koslowski. He has used this name in his slide
programs since the late 1980s. The same fish is
shown in Aqualog's SACII as "A. cruzi" (p. 29,
S03455-4, second row, right photo only) and as "A.
sp. Peru" (p. 62, S03890-4), in Mayland & Bork as
"A. cruzi" (p. 57, bottom), in Yamazaki et al. as
"A. sp.", & in Römer's Atlas as "A. cruzi" (p. 12
& 203). The photo listed as "A. regani" in Linke &
Staeck (p. 113) probably is the same species, too
(or possibly A. sp. São Gabriel). This species has
also been sold commercially as "A. sp. Apache" &
"A. sp. Carapintada". "A. sp. Carapintada
/Painted-face" would be an excellent common name
but for one problem. This name was originally used
for another species that Römer introduced as "A.
sp. Winkelfleck/Anglespot". Because of the
confusion it would cause I've encouraged people
not to use "Carapintada", but use "Masken"
instead.

Now we have a new name ("Tiger-stripe") to add for
this fish. I won't fault Gary Elson's giving it a
name. For all I know, he wrote this article for
TFH a couple of years ago. TFH is known for
holding onto articles for several years before
publishing. Obviously he knew nothing about the
other names for this fish when he wrote his
article. I can only hope that the ASG gets my list
of apisto names up soon, just to avoid any more
confusion.

Mike Wise

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