Re: "NY" Apisto mystery

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Yikes guess they do My bad kevin thanks for the
correction Mike. Geez these buggers are hard to tell
apart at times. I guess the key is that cacs have the
3-4 wavy lines that stands out to me and was what I
thought would help Kevin of course you explained much
better.

Dave


--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote:
> 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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