Re: Laetacara Sp.

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

John,

I suspect that it was misspelled. It probably should have been L. sp. Araguaia
(for the Rio Araguaia). In her paper - Natural history of fishes in Araguaia &
Xingu Amazonian tributaries, Serra do Roncador, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dr.
Lowe-McConnell lists a species she calls Laetacara sp. '7-stripe' that she
collected at Córrego do Gato on the upper Rio Xingu (Marco, actually in the
headwaters of the Rio Suiá-Missu, at Matinha), but nothing from the Araguaia.
Unfortunately, she was doing a survey, not taxonomy, so there's no description of
this fish in the paper. Marco Lacerda, however, has collected L. sp. Bukelkopf -
Hump/Bulge-head from the Rio Araguaia. Could it be this species?

Mike Wise

John Wubbolt wrote:

> Hello All
> I could use some info on a species of fish I picked up at an auction in
> Ottawa yesterday.
> There was a bag of 6 juvenile fish labeled
> Laetacara sp. Araguya.    I looked up the fish in the Aqualog and all
> the Dwarf Cichlid books I own , which is quite a few, and couldn't find
> any fish with such a name, not even an undescribed fish with that region
> listed near its name.   Does anyone have any info on this fish.   I'm
> sure that it probably came into Montreal by one of the Importors.   Gary
> if you're reading this, do you know if Oliver imported this new species.
> I picked them up from one of the guys from the French Club.    Any help
> any one could give me would be appreciated.   Thanks
> John Wubbolt
>
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