Re: Help with ID

[Ghazanfar Ghori <ghori@ghori.net>]

The blue on the body only shows up in pictures, when looking at the fish
it's mostly a gray body with blue and red marking on the face. I'll try to
take a picture of it in fright pattern - easy enough.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
To: <apisto@v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Help with ID


> Ghazanfar,
>
> No, they are ot A. caetei, nor A. sp. Pebas either. Both of these species
show
> banding on the caudal fin. The flank color is disturbingly very similar to
that
> of the Bluehead/Steel-blue Apisto, but it is not as deep-bodied or
laterally
> compressed. In many respects it appears to be some form of A. taeniata,
but it
> is hard to say for sure. The bright blue color masks most of the
diagnostic dark
> markings. I would need to see this fish in its fright pattern, showing its
dark
> markings to be sure. Still, I do not believe that this is a wild form of
apisto,
> but a domestically 'enhanced' fish. Right now, based on what I can see, it
is
> either a color enhanced species of the resticulosa-complex or a cross
between
> the Bluehead & a resticulosa-complex fish. It obviously is different from
the
> Bluehead, which as a striped tail.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Ghazanfar Ghori wrote:
>
> > I obtained a pair of these fish from my LFS a few months ago. They were
> > labelled 'Blue Face Apisto'
> > with no latin name. Here's a couple of pictures of the male....
> >
> > http://www.aquaticscape.com/offsite/apisto1.jpg
> >
> > http://www.aquaticscape.com/offsite/apisto2.jpg
> >
> > They seem easy to breed...they've spawned several times now. First batch
was
> > eaten, though
> > the other two batches are doing well. Spawning at pH 5.5 always on the
> > outside of the claypot I've
> > provided them.
> >
> > Any idea what they are? I was thinking a. caetei but I'm not sure...
> >
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