Re: Strange looking fish

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

Francine,

I have seen these black blotches on A. cacatuoides, A. macmasteri, and Rotpunkt.
Females of A. elizabethae were once introduced in Germany as Rußkopf (Sooty-head)
because they had the same blotchiness on the head. I don't know if it's a
disease, parasite, environmental, or genetic condition, but it doesn't seem to
harm the fish.

Mike Wise

Fbethea wrote:

> I recently saw strange looking apistos in a lfs. Some were labeled as
> cactuoides and some were labeled as caeti.  These fish had blotches and
> spots in odd places.  For example one female had a black dorsal fin and the
> caudual fin was mostly black.  The lateral line spot was a blotch below the
> lateral line.  This fish also has one black cheek and two blotches on her
> other side that fall way down on her belly.  Other fish in this bunch had
> black freckles indiscrimantely dispearsed all over their bodies which , btw,
> included their fins.  Some of the females reminded me of those varigated
> platys.
>
> Has anyone seen such fish?  Does anyone think that these fish are hybrids of
> some sort?  A genetic defect, perhaps?
>
> Francine in MD
> Fish - photography - genealogy
>
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