Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: What does a agassizii really look like.

["Ed Pon" <edpon@hotmail.com>]

>Some years ago, I remember reading in Aquarium digest that Bitaeniata, 
I
>>think they were still being called Kleei at the time, will throw both
>>red and blue individuals in their spawns.  Perhaps this is also true 
of
>>Bitaeniatas.

Steve wrote:
>
>A. bitaeniata are extremeley variable in nature and in captivity. If 
you
>look through a large Peruvian importation you will find much individual
>variation from the bold and beautiful to the homely (remember some 
sneaker
>males look almost like females). I'm not sure if I agree with Romer's
>statment though about agassizi. There has to be some regional 
population
>variation. I've never studied them in the wild, but from the commercial
>imports the wild morphs aren't that variable (e.g. you will never see 
red,
>blue/white and Rio Tefe from the same collecting locale). My dos pesos
>- Steve Waldron
>
I think it was in Cichlid News--Marc Weiss said he can find all the wild 
discus-types in the same waters.  Not sure if locals moved them around 
or if the wholesalers sort by types before shipping them to the U.S.  I 
wonder how much sorting is done by the wholesalers on apistos.

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