Ah-ha It all makes sense now- My females are getting very aggressive with each other today-- One even chased an M. atispinosa adult male to the other end of the 90 gallon tank they are in. All four are busily courting with the males and checking out the caves (something they haven't done yet). Hopefully I will have some fry before too long. Cory >Oops! Looks like Tetra & I missed this one. Now I understand why you were so >confused. Trust me the "male" on page 115 is a female. I checked the German first >edition of this book and it lists this photo as a female. I checked my German 4th >revised edition (the same as the English edition) and it mistakenly lists it as a >male, too. > >Mike Wise > >Susanne and Cory Williamson wrote: > >> What I should have said was that Linke and Staeck list the regani pictured >> as males (check the fine print below the each photo). I wouldn't even >> consider making such a call myself. >> Cory >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com> >> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com> >> Date: January 30, 1999 9:26 AM >> Subject: Re: regani males >> >> >Cory, >> > >> >Nothing personal, but I'll put my faith in Horst Linke & Wolfgang Staeck. >> > >> >Mike Wise >> > >> >Susanne and Cory Williamson wrote: >> > >> >> Mike, >> >> >> >> I had another look at Linke and Staeck- the regani that are pictured are >> >> both males of differing ecotypes. >> >> >> >> Cory >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. >> >> For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, >> >> email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. >> >> Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List >> Archives"! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. >> >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, >> >email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. >> >Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List >> Archives"! >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. >> For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, >> email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. >> Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, >email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. >Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!