Re: differentiating apisto species

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Greg,

The 2 are merely color variations that are found naturally in this 
species. The red tail form of A. sp. Mamoré is not as common in the wild 
as the blue tail form. Breeders tell me that they get blue tails from 
their "red tail" pairs. Since it is not possible to tell which color 
form the females are, it might be that they are crosses of color forms. 
Still, it is more likely that the red tail form is caused by recessive 
genes. If so, with selective breeding, one might be able to produce a 
pure strain of red tail Mamoré.

Mike Wise

Grzegorz Prusinowski wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Very interesting, thanks for that. How about the red vs blue
> tail? I haven't found any info about it - is it possible to
> have offspring males of both forms within one brood? Is it a
> geographical variety or "enhanced" by the breeders?
> I only have the scarse information from Mayland&Bork and
> Roemer (CA1).
>
> Thanks
> Greg
> Grzegorz Prusinowski
> www.apisto.pl
>
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