Re: A. juruensis

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

djhanson@calweb.com wrote:

> The fish, if I remember correctly, are only
> about 1 1/2" long.
>
> > The tail looks round like trifasciata-group species, too, but
> > the coarse rows of spots are very atypical (It did have a round tail
> > didn't it, or is it just a short lyretail hidden in the surroundings of
> > the photo?).
> No, it is a round tail.

At 1 1/2 inches most A. sp. aff. juruensis has a round to slightly squared off
tail. There's a good photo of a young specimen in both Koslowski's (p. 113, top)
and Schaefer's (p. 50, bottom left) books. If it was up to me, I'd list it as
"Apistogramma sp. possibly A. sp. aff. juruensis".

Mike Wise

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