Re: Photos, trifasciata

[Randy or Deb Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

As for the male trifasciata pictured on my site, I think it has a bit of an
arched back because it is getting old--so it appears a bit more deeper bodied
than the other male I have.  These adults are wild-caught, and apparently the
blue is quite prominent in them...similar to the way blue is prominent in F0
borelli, but diminish throughout generations.  I do not know how faithfully the
offspring show the blue as I sell them before they reach adults.  (BTW, I will
sell 1/2-inch-plus fry for $3 each, plus shipping.)

The diagonal line (belly) is usually present, but not obvious in the picture.
The diagonal line is a typical (unique?) feature for trifasciata.  Also typical
are the red front dorsal spikes (also present in norberti, juruensis, et. al.).

As Mike Wise noted a couple months ago, the fishes lumped as trifasciata come
from three isolated regions/river systems.  Each group (subspecies) is visually
distinct from the others.  So we probably have different subspecies of
trifasciata.

I posted (temporarily) a picture of the other male.  It's not a crisp shot, but
you can see the pores in front of its eye.

http://www.spacestar.net/users/carey/fishroom/species/trifasciata_7_.jpg

--Randy


Doug Brown wrote:

> Thanks for posting all those ACA and other fish photos! I really enjoy
> checking them out.
>
> I noticed that your photo of the male trifasciata looks a lot different
> than my male does. Mine has no coloration on the dorsal fins (yours seems
> to have some red?) and a wide very black lateral stripe that is always
> apparent. I'll be working on another series of photos soon, but in the
> meantime does this sound a lot different than yours?
>
> -Doug Brown
> debrown@kodak.com
>




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