Re: unknown aggies

["Rory Lennon" <sejiki@sejiki.fsnet.co.uk>]

Surely its a good thing to try to avoid breeding from the same stock
continously.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@fgn.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: unknown aggies


> Matt,
>
> The agassizii-complex is ... well, complex! We are looking at a group of
> apistos that is distributed over more than 3000 miles of the Amazon & its
> tributaries. Many different color forms are known, as well as populations
that
> are sufficiently different from Steindachner's type material (from the
> Manacapuru of Brazil) to be considered separate species. Even among the
forms
> we consider populations of A. agassizii we see considerable variation.
Females
> are particularly hard (usually impossible) to separate by population.
Koslowski
> (2002) recognizes 3 different varieties of true A. agassizii plus 7 "cf."
> species. I tend to agree with Uwe on not mixing fish from 2 different
known
> populations. But when it comes to imports of unknown locations, I have no
> problems breeding them together as long as you don't claim that they
belong to
> any particular population. Just breed them. If they eventually produce
large
> (50+) healthy broods then you probably have a pair of the same species. I
> wouldn't worry. Just call them A. agassizii.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Matt & Linda Crocker wrote:
>
> > I brought home a male aggie several months ago, lfs only had the male
> > and it was very nice looking. About a 2 months ago the lfs finally got a
> > female, and I brought it home.
> >
> > Just this morning I was reading the Romer atlas and it warned to not
> > breed aggies from "different imports".
> >
> > Does this apply to tank raised fish from unknown origins? How would I
> > know if they are the same or from "different imports"?
> >
> > Matt
> >
>
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