Re: ? about A. macmasteri

[<kathy@thekrib.com>]

Mike,

I thought Kaycy's female fish looked like a rotpunkt female as well.  The
only thing she is missing is the black spot at the base of the pectoral
fin.  I thought on Kullander's (I think it was Kullander who was doing the
series on IDing the female apisto's) article he divided the females into a
group with the black spot at the base of the pectoral and this was a way
of separating rotpunkt from other groups.  Is this a variable finding?  I
seem to have found it on most of the rotpunk/swartzsaum etc, I have seen.
This female does not have it but she sure looks like a rotpunkt.

Thanks
Kathy


On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
> 
> > I still don't know about the macmasteri though. But, the female I have
> > on the site at:
> > http://WWW.CALWEB.COM/users/d/djhanson/macma.htm
> >
> > according to the markings looks like a female rotpunkt. Does it to you?
> > I'm looking at the female across from the male I pointed out above. 3rd
> > down on the right on page 66.
> 
> Yes, your "macmasteri" female is definitely a Rotpunkt female. Note that she does not
> have any ventral stripe or patch. All macmasteri-group females show some black
> pigmentation somewhere between the anus and the chin. Some rare female Rotpunkt
> females will show this, too, like the one you mention in aqualog. She can easily be
> separated from macmasteri-group females by the irregular shape of her caudal peduncal
> spot.


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