Re: splash tetra Photo on the web

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Sorry, Kaycy,

The fish you show on your web page isn't Copella arnoldi, the true
Splash Tetra.
It looks like one of the members of the Pyrrhulina brevis-group. The
true C.
arnoldi is a much more slender, elongate species. The male's upper
caudal lobe is
more elongate and pointed than yours.

Your deeper bodied species (for a pyrrhulinid) probably is P. brevis
collected in
the lower Rio Negro around Manaus. There are several different forms
(species?)
of this fish coming from Colombia (Upper Amazon tributaries & Rio Meta),
Rio
Negro, Rio Guaporé(?), and the Rio Paraguay-Paraná. Whether one or more
species,
all are known to breed on a flat stone or horizontal leaf.

Don't feel bad, Kaycy, this is the fish usually sold as the Spash Tetra,
so you're not alone. Guess I'm still looking.

Mike Wise

djhanson@calweb.com wrote:

> > The following site has a picture of a Splash Tetra"  if anyone is
> > interested.... http://www.petra-aq.comp.cz/gallery3.htm
> >
> > Phil
> Phil, I checked out the site. Yup. The ones on my site are the real
> Splashing Tetra. Did someone say they were rare? I will look at Capitol
> Aquarium the next time I'm out. I think they are available in
> Sacramento. I'm not sure though. I will check into it. (The photos of
> them are on my site now, thanks to Simone.)
>
> Kaycy
>
> http://www.calweb.com/users/d/djhanson/index.htm
>
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