Apisto environments

["Francis Brian O'Carroll"]

Marco Lacerda <marcolacerda@ax.apc.org> wrote
> Since three years ago, I had the opportunity of collecting in a 
> Brazilan State named Rondonia, where one can find numerous 
> Apistogramma species. A. pulchra is one of the species found there, 
> but living exclusively in blackwater, and inside forested areas (it 
> seems to dislike sunny open areas, with warm water).

Which apistos in your experience *like* sunny open areas with warm
water?

I'm thinking back to my collections in the Rio Orosa in Peru 
of A. agassizii, bitaeniata, eunotus, cacatuoides; and Apistogrammoides.
and I guess the only 3 habits I can remember are

	* quiet, shady, blackwater streams
	* mud puddles (perhaps dried up versions of the above)
	* lake edges (these tend to be sunny, and muddier)

What other types of apisto habitat are there? Perhaps we should make a
list.

Frank O'Carroll
Tokyo