Re: "NY" Apisto mystery

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Kevin,

Your "Nysante" is either a made up name or a botched spelling of 'nijsseni'.
It doesn't sound like any location name that I've ever heard of.

Both A. cacatuoides & A. bitaeniata have abdominal stripes. The broad
abdominal stripe of A. bitaeniata comes & goes depending on mood. The
abdominal stripes on A. cacatuoides are more distinct, forming 3-4 wavy
stripes. On young fish with washed out colors (like in a bare dealer's tank),
the lips of A. cacatuoides are much larger - nearly twice as thick - as those
seen on the typical apisto (including A. bitaeniata). A. bitaeniata also has
a metallic lip spot, seen of all agassizii group species, something not seen
on A. cacatuoides. I hope this helps.

Mike Wise

kkorotev wrote:

> OK.
> If you've been holding your breath, you can stop.
> "NY" are the first two letters of NYSANTE which is the ID on the LFS tank
> for some wild Apistos...10 of which I brought home last week. Is it a
> location?  A made-up name?  Does it really matter anymore?
>
> Upon investigation in Linke and Staeck's "American Cichlids I, DWARF
> CICHLIDS" and the Aqualog poster of APISTOGRAMMA, I believe these fish to
> be....
> (drum roll....)
> young  caucatoides (wild form, no orange whatsover)
> or
> young bitaeniata.
>
> So...can anyone give me a fool-proof way of differentiating?
> (I think I know, but some of you are so much smarter about this than I'll
> ever be)
>
> Kevin Korotev-Milwaukee
>
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