A. sp "four stripes"

[Ken Laidlaw <K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk>]

Hi,

I have just bought three apistos labelled as A.pertensis in 
my LFS.  I believe though after consulting the dwarf books 
that they are A. sp "four stripes" since there are clearly 
visible four rows of dots below the lateral line.  Is this 
fish still undescribes or does it now have a true name.

I picked out what I hope is two females and one male but as 
they are small I'm not so sure.  Does anyone have any 
pointers on how to sex these fish as they seem to have less 
sexual dimorphism than most apistos.  The most dominant 
fish regularly takes on a yellow colour so I'm sure it is 
female.

Any tips on best water conditions would also be 
appreciated, at present they are in pH6.5 temp 78f.

Thanks,
Ken.

ps these fish were very inexpensive only 2.25UKP ~3.5USD 
each.

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Ken Laidlaw
UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
Web: http://www.roe.ac.uk
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