Re: My first apisto photos

[thomas park <park00@earthlink.net>]

Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> I hate to "put a fly in the ointment" but it's possible that you fish
> could be A. roraimae.  I know that Kullander had synonymized it with
> A. gibbiceps several years ago, but it's now back on his list as a
> valid species.  As far as I know nothing new has been described on A.
> roraimae, although additional collections have been taken from around
> Boa Vista, the type locality of A. roraimae on the Rio Branco.
> 
> Koslowski states in his book that there are two forms of A.
> gibbiceps.  The type specimens have longitudinal stripes running
> through the tail and long anterior dorsal fin extensions.  It is a
> difficult species to breed, requiring extremely soft and acid water.
> The other form, which he calls A. cf. gibbiceps has faint vertical
> barring in the middle of the tail, lower dorsal fin extensions, and
> much easier to breed - even in neutral water conditions.  The holotype
> of A. roraimae (a female) shows faint vertical barring in the tail.
> Being from the Rio Branco, a clear water river, its likely that A.
> roraimae doesn't require the black water needed by A. gibbiceps to
> spawn.  Could Koslowski's A. cf. gibbiceps be A. roraimae?  I don't
> know.  But what ever it is, your fish belongs in the
> gibbiceps-complex.
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Thomas Soelter wrote:
> 
>      Hi folks,
> 
>      i've made a few snapshots of my apistos. Three of them are
>      already
>      scanned and available on the net. Oooh I've got to learn a
>      lot on making
>      good photos and scans.
> 
>      My stray apisto is amongst them. Is it A. gibbiceps ?
> 
>       http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Thomas.Soelter/gibbicep.jpg
>      : Male
>       http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Thomas.Soelter/gibbi_f.jpg
>      :
>      Female
> 
>      my red aggi - male
> 
>       http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Thomas.Soelter/agasiz.jpg
> 
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