Re: Dwarf Pike Cichlids

["V Kutty" <kutty@earthlink.net>]

Dwarf Pikes that have made their way into the US, other than the usual three
are:

1) Crenicichla sp.  Xingu dwarf - the smallest known pikes, grown at 2
inches.
2) C. sp Xingu dwarf II - recently exported by Marco to New Jersey and
eventually wound up at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA.  Those of you in
Amish country may want to visit this place - it's huge.
3) C. sp. Maici Mirim - the females of these species have a thick wine red
dorsal fin band.
4) C. urosema by a few guys who went to Rio Tapajos about 4 years ago but is
no longer being kept.

A semi-dwarf pike C. sp. "Bocon" from the Rio Inirida system made it into
the states and I was able to purchase them in Sacramento, Calif. at Capitol
Aquarium.  These get to 4 or 5 inches.  They were labeled as "dwarf pikes"
but I think of them as a bridge species to much larger Spangled pikes of the
saxatilis group.

For the most part, Joel is right - the three he menioned are the ones you
usually see.  The Other Dwarf pikes of the genus Teleocichla are also
becoming available.  I've seen 3 species in the country.

Vinny
kutty@earthlink.net
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/5491/


>As far as which dwarf they are, I would be surprised if they are anything
>but C. regani, if they are a dwarf.  As far as I am aware, there are only
>three dwarfs available in the US: C. compressiceps, C. regani, and C.
>notopthalmus.  The first is easy to id, the last is in very few hands and
>has had limited spawns, but if you get regani going they will put you awash
>in fry, so they are becoming pretty easy to locate.  If there are other
>species they are extremely limited.  There was a very good article in
>Cichlid News a month or two ago on C. regani.
>
>Joel WasDyke



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