Re: Is this really D. filamentosus?

["Colin Gorton" <mr_apisto@graffiti.net>]

Pretty much what I'd figured, I was just interested in the 7 spots.
C:-)lin

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:54:40 -0700
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: Is this really D. filamentosus?

> Colin,
> 
> Your friend's D. filamentosus must have come from Japan! :-) Yamazaki, et  al.'s
> book "South American Dwarf Cichlid" has photos of a male, female, & juvenile D.
> filamentosus with 7 lateral spots, well 6 lateral & 1 caudal spots. D.
> filamentosus has a fairly wide distribution in the upper Negro/Orinoco region so
> there is some variability in the markings of the flanks & caudal fins. Only D.
> filamentosus females - like the one on the link - and juveniles can be confused
> with D. maculatus. D. filamentosus is more slender and has a narrower lateral
> band (1-1½ scales high) than D. maculatus (2-2½ scales high). The female has
> spawned sometime in her life. The ventral fins turn red once this happens.
> 
> Colin Gorton wrote:
> 
> > I forgot to include the link
> > http://www.drpez.net/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=003458
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C:-)lin

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