Re: new aggie

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

Jerry,

By definition a population of a species is, "...
one species, occupying a defined area and usually
isolated to some degree from other similar groups"
(=populations). This is from "A dictionary of
ecology, evolution & systematics", Cambridge Univ.
Press. By this definition they will not interbreed
in nature without intervention because they are
isolated from other populations. In the aquarium
they will certainly cross with other populations
of A. agassizii - and many of the aggie-like forms
that may or may not be truly A. agassizii.

Mike Wise

JerrCarol@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/23/2002 12:00:34 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, apistowise@fgn.net writes:
>
>
>
>> I don't know about the diet part, but the fish
>> Mike pictures belongs to the
>> 'type' A. agassizii found mostly in the Rio
>> Amazonas of Peru & Rio Solimões of
>> Brazil. His fish is very similar to the common
>> blue bodied "Red-top Blue/White"
>> aggie imported from many locations in Peru. I
>> must say, however, that the Rio
>> Tigre form's orange body makes it a
>> spectacular looking fish; one well worth
>> keeping as a pure population.
>>
>> Mike Wise
>
> Mike,
> I agree with the pure population idea. I mean
> when you got a naturally nice fish then that's
> the best fish in my mind. I was thinking though
> when I look at some of the Apistos although my
> eyes are not trained as well as yours it just
> seems like you see different traits from
> different types of Apistos or in the Aggies case
> different types of Aggies. I think the fish PIC
> Mike showed is also nice but, I just wonder if
> they just don't cross breed themselves without
> any intervention from us.
>
>
> JerryB
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