Re: Re colorful apistos

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

I don't know anyone who places bridge species between 2 species in the same
species-complex. It's splitting hairs too much. I'd just call them closely
related species.

Mike Wise

IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:

> Mike Wise writes:
>
> > Yes, it is close to both A. eunotus & A. cruzi. At normal Rio Tahuayo water
> >  conditions (pH<6 and very soft) the male's body is almost entirely blue.
> > Unlike
> >  A. cruzi, the tail of the male shows a series of vertical rows of spots
> >  (sometimes very faint). A. eunotus shows a split in Bar 6 below the
> lateral
> > band.
> >  A. sp. Rio Tahuayo doesn't show this split.
>
> Is it safe to say here that we <probably> have a unique species, and possibly
> an evolutionary bridge species between cruzi and eunotus?
>
> Bob Dixon
>
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