Re: Apisto I.D. Help

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

Peter,

Since it doesn't have a lateral spot and has a well defined caudal spot, it
probably is a eunotus-complex fish. Many new species from this complex have
arrived from Peru lately. Koslowski will be publishing photos of them in DATZ
later this year.

Mike Wise

plasticolor@guate.net wrote:

> >If it has a lateral spot it can't be a regani-group fish (like A. cruzi,
> regani,
> >etc.)
> You are right on that.  Looking closer at the fish, the lateral band is
> just broader at mid-body, giving the impression of an underlying lateral
> spot.  But the shape doesnīt change with mood.
>
> >
> >The body shape and present fin shapes point to an ancestral form of apisto
> >(regani-, steindachneri-, Rotpunkt-, & macmasteri-groups). The only species
> >within these groups that have lateral spots belong to the
> steindachneri-group (A.
> >steindachneri, A. rupununi, A. hippolytae,  A. sp. Rio Preto & and
> possibly A.
> >sp. Erdfresser). All of the species in this group, however, have caudal
> spots and
> >some sort of pattern on the caudal fin. The patterned tail on A.
> hippolytae often
> >is not very distinct. Maybe it's this fish. Otherwise it sounds like a
> member of
> >the regani-complex without a patterned tail (A. gossei, A. geisleri
> (some), A.
> >sp. Amapá, etc.). It might help to learn what other fish came with them.
>
> I donīt think itīs A. hippolytae. The body is not as high-backed and it
> lacks the large blotch above the lateral band.  The color is almost
> identical to A. Sp. Gabelband, except that the ventral stripes donīt touch
> the lateral band.
> These fish came together with A. eunotus, A. norberti and A. pucallpaensis,
> so I guess they came from around the area where the Maraņon joins the
> Ucayali (?)
>
> Thanks a lot Mike.  I hope this helps.
>
> Peter
>
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