Re: A. sp BLUEHEAD

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

Ken,

There are apparently 2 different species listed as Bluehead Apisto. The
Aqualog
book, Southamerican Cichlids II has pictures of fish that look like
young
male & female A. luelingi under this name. I'm beginning to think they
put the
wrong photograph in the location for Bluehead Apisto, since it doesn't
show much
blue in the head. The other Bluehead Apisto, shown in Mayland & Bork's
book,
South American Dwarf Cichlids, (p. 54, front half only) is reported to
be a
domestic form of A. caetei with enhanced blue patches on the gill
covers. I can't
tell if it's truly A. caetei without looking at the tail, but it is a
caetei-complex fish. All members of this complex tend to be on the easy
side of
the breeding spectrum (pH~6.5-6.8, moderately soft water <10º dGH).

Mike Wise

Ken Laidlaw wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My friend Ian was recently given some of these fish.
> They are small at present but already look very nice. As
> the name suggests they have bright metallic blue markings
> on the head.
>
> Does anyone have any info on them that I can pass on?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ken.
>
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