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Re: Culled?
Apistogramma sp. Tiquié (you don't need the "1"; there isn't a "2", etc.) is a
real undescribed species discovered by Uwe Römer in the Rio Tiquié, a tributary
of the middle Rio Uaupés in northern Brazil. Pictures of both a male & female are
pictured in on page 25 of: Römer, 1995, Uaupes, Aqua Geõgraphia, v.11, 1/95:6-27.
The fins have been nipped, that's why it so ragged. It belongs to a group of tiny
apistos belonging to what I have called the Balzfleck-Group.
The Balzfleck-Group has many unusual features that characterize it. They are an
advanced species-group (having reduced cephalic pore counts), but exhibit
primitive physical features (low dorsal, round caudal, and display almost no
sexual dimorphism). They are all tiny species (less than 1 3/4 in. or 4.5 cm TL)
with the male being SMALLER than the female! They have moderately elongate and
slightly fusiform bodies, lack most pigmentation on the anterior dorsal fin rays,
normally possess an enlarged lateral spot (flank patch), and where known tend to
be preferentially monogamous. Those members that have been spawned in aquaria
show a very unusual breeding behavior. The males actively seek out females with
which to spawn. He then initiates courtship by dancing in front of his intended
female, shimmying and displaying an enhanced lateral spot. He then entices the
female to enter the breeding cave he has previously selected and breed there.
This is basically the opposite of other apistos.
The Balzfleck-Group presently has at least 3 and possibly 7 species in it. These
include:
A. sp. Balzfleck (Courting-spot) - Rio Uraricuera (upper Rio Branco), Brazil.
A. sp. Felsen (Rock) - Rio Negro? Possibly a pertensis-group fish belonging to
the iniridae-complex.
A. sp. Minima - upper Rio Negro/Orinoco area?
A. sp. Orangesaum (Orange-rim) - Upper Rio Orinoco, Colombia/Venezuela? Probably
a geographic color variant of A. sp. Minima.
A. sp. Pimental - Rio Pimental (Wherever that is - Even Marco couldn't help me!)
Possibly the same as A. sp. Balzfleck.
A. sp. Tiquié - Rio Tiquié, Brazil.
A. sp. Weißsaum (White-rim) - upper Rio Negro/Orinoco area? Probably another
color variant of A. sp. Minima.
I don't think A. sp. Tiquié has ever been imported for the hobby. For that matter
little is known about any of the Balzfleck-Group species. None are real "keepers"
where it comes to looks. They only come in as contaminants with other species.
Now for the next Aqualog questions.
What species is shown on the bottom right, page 51 (S03715-3)?
What species is shown on the second row, page 59 (S03835-3) AND third row, page
62 (S03870-4)? Do they look the same to you?
Mike Wise
Mayalauren@aol.com wrote:
> It seems to me that on pp 70 of Aqualog top left sp "Tiquie 1" is a fish that
> mother nature forgot to cull. Is it really a species?
>
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