Re: unknown fish

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

Archie,

I just got a chance to look at your picture. Being a female it is kind of hard
to ID from just 1 picture (or even 100). Still, I'll give it a try.

I assume that it came in with wild A. cacatuoides, am I right? If so, it is
most likely that it is Peruvian in origin. The photo shows that the caudal spot
is rather tall and narrow, and there seems to be a pale area between the caudal
spot and lateral band. These point to it being a member of the regani-complex
of the regani-group. It also appears that it has 3 very faint abdominal
stripes.

If all of this is true, then it is a pretty good guess that it belongs to the
only regani-complex form found in Peru. That would be A. sp. Masked/Masken (aka
A. sp. Apache, A. sp. Carapintada (1 of 2 species), A. cruzi (wrong ID), A.
regani (wrong ID), & A. sp. Peru (1 of many). This is a nice fish.

Mike Wise

Archie Christian wrote:

> I am still wondering if I can get some kind of general consensus about the
> fish I posted on max's
> site:  http://communities.msn.com/TheDigitalAquarium/mysteryfish.msnw
> I plan on taking pictures of another fish that I am trying to mate with
> the unknown fish.  hope there's a match.  Thanks all.
>
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