Re: Apisto ID

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

Lisa,

You have an interesting fish here, but it
definitely is not A. moae. A. moae has a much
broader, fairly even edged lateral band. The fish
pictured has a narrow, slightly zigzag lateral
band that breaks downward in front of the caudal
spot in the caudal peduncle. The downward break is
actually a darker part of a narrow Bar 7. In
eunotus-complex fish like A. moae, the vertical
bars are much broader. Everything about this fish
points to it being a member of the caetei-complex.
The one problem with this is that the tail doesn't
appear to be crossbanded like caetei-complex fish
are. Sometimes the broken band is also seen on
some forms of the resticulosa-complex,
particularly forms of A. taeniata. I would be very
interested to learn what kind
of abdominal markings this fish has, and if it has
any caudal fin pattern.

Mike Wise

"L. Boorman" wrote:

> Hi all,     I'm hoping you can help me ID an
> Apisto for someone who asked me for an ID. I've
> gotten a few pics of them from him and he seems
> to think they may be moae.  His description to
> me includes the following: "They do have the
> bars/spots under the dorsal fin under certain
> conditions.  I'm not sure what's important, so
> I'll
> send all three pictures.  I was basing my  ID on
> the pictures in Romers' "Cichlid Atlas" pages
> 591 & 593." The URL to look at is:
> http://photos.yahoo.com/lisachromis Just look
> under the Apistogramma moae folder.  If you need
> anything further from him to help ID the fish,
> please let me know and I'll ask him. Thanks in
> advance, Lisa

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