Re: ID please

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

Alex,

Your vague description can match about 25 - 30
different forms. They could be cacatuoides. Could
the males be too young to have developed extended
dorsal fin lappets? I'd suggest that you go to
www.thekrib.com & look at the dwarf cichlid
section that discusses how to describe an apisto.
Get as much information as you can & then get back
to us.

Female Rams can have extended anterior dorsal
spines nearly as long as the males. It depends on
the age, strain, and condition of the female.

Mike Wise

The Harpers wrote:

> Hi,Yesterday I bought some fish at my lfs named
> Apisto Cacatuoides Red Tail but as far as I can
> figure, they are not cacs at all.  I got a pair
> (though I might have been better to get a trio
> for breeding purposes?) and the male has a
> pointed dorsal and the female doesn't.  The
> strange thing is, they don't have the high
> dorsal fin that I thought was standard in all
> cacs.  They both have a long-based shallow
> dorsal fin as you'd expect in the females of
> some species. They are not very deep and have
> one dark longitudinal band which appears to be
> going along the lateral line and two faint bands
> under that which seem to be emotional, also
> horizontal.  The male's pelvics are black on the
> anterior edge and yellowy at the back with the
> rest of the fins clear.  All the female's fins
> are clear.  Along the top of the them is a
> variegated pattern of brown and the normal body
> colour, a pale yellowy brown.  The caudal fin is
> truncate shaped and the mouth seems quite
> large.  When frightened, they turn completely
> the variegated colouring described above and
> have black eyes. I hope this can return an ID as
> I don't have a digital camera and haven't found
> any pictures on the net that are close. Also, in
> female rams, are the first few rays of the
> dorsal extended at all? Thanks a lot,Alex

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