RE: Apistogramma moae

["Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu>]

hey Maike,
is  Ingo Koslowski new book in english?
if so, where could we get it?
thank you for all those interesting posts


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
[mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Mike & Diane Wise
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:41 AM
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: Apistogramma moae


Zack,

You've run into one of the problems with commercial apistos. You have to
rely on
the dealer to provide accurate information. He, in turn, relies on his
suppliers. The problem is that none of these honest hard working people
usually
have any real experience with IDing these fish. This is why so many new fish
are
coming in under erroneous names or have more than 1 name attached to them.

I don't know anyone in North America who has had personal experience with
almost
every apisto, although there are a very few that do in Germany & Japan.
Books by
their very nature are outdated by the time they are published. This can mean
that new information will correct IDs. Last month, for example, Ingo
Koslowski
put out the most recent book on apistos - ~ 200 different forms (I didn't
count). Still he bemoans the fact that still more new & relevant apistos
have
appeared since he turned in the manuscript last January. Are all of his IDs
even
correct? He has already told me to correct one of his IDs. Who knows how
many
more will be discovered?

So what do we do? I think the apisto mailing list is a good source of
information. At least we can get various views on a subject. I think the
best we
can do is ask questions and show pictures to as many people as we can - and
hope
for the best.

Mike Wise

Zack Wilson wrote:

> Well, my, what a confusing world we live in. How am I supposed to know
what
> fish I have when even the published material ain't right and they can't
> agree? Who do I talk to who knows every species and is right? If their
right
> some of the time, but not all of the time, how am I supposed to know when
> it's one or the other?
>
> I manage to match a fish up to a photo in a book and I'm still wrong, heh.
>
> I think I'll just start calling my Apistos American dwarfs. I can't be
wrong
> then, I think...I probably am.
>
> Zack
>
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