Re: Re arua

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

Vern,

Yes, the original written introduction of this species, as A. sp. Aruã, was in
German (Seidel, 1997, „Neue" Apistogramma-Art?, DATZ 50(4):213). The scientific
description (Römer & Warzel, 1998, Apistogramma arua sp. n. (Teleostei:
Perciformes: Cichlidae), a new species of dwarf cichlid from the Rio Arapiuns
system, Para State, Brazil, Aqua, J. Ichthyol. &  Aquat. Biol. 3(2):45-54 & 90)
is in English. I have to hand it to Uwe, this is the most complete description of
an apisto yet. Not only did he use (juvenile) specimens preserved in the wild,
but saved some to grow out so we could recognize them in their adult form as
well. This alleviates the problems of trying to ID aquarium fish based on
juvenile type specimens (e.g.. A. sp. Rotkeil vs. A. uaupesi, and probably A.
parva vs. A. agassizii). The time and effort to do this is highly commendable. It
would be nice if all fish descriptions in the future were so complete. There are
a couple of errors in the paper, but they have absolutely no bearing on the
description of A. arua. His photo of "A. maciliensis" will be recognized by many
as actually being one of A. sp. Mamoré (Red tail) & his photo of "A. juruensis"
is actually A. sp. aff juruensis/Pucallpa. At the time of submission (1996 or
1997) these IDs were thought to be correct. It is amazing how quickly thing are
changing in our understanding of this wonderful genus of fish!

ASG members can get a copy of either of these articles (+ English translation of
German article) from me.

Mike Wise

Vern Wensley wrote:

> Thanks everyone.That name was familar to me for some reason and I couldnt
> figure why.I have seen the german article,but of course I dont read
> german.Thanks Helen.
> Vern
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