Apistogramma elizabethae 'Sao gabriel da cachoeira'

[ste12000]

Ive had these for a couple of weeks now.. The females blocked herself into the cave so fingers crossed for a successful spawn. The males show a variation in colour, this males the only one with red cheeks, the other two dont show any red but have more blue.. All are nice fish and i feel lucky to have them.

 

[edwliang]

Very nice indeed mate. Red is the most popular.

 

[Erik82]

Do you have a detailed photographs of the tail (stretched). The fish looks a lot like A. uaupesi...

 

[edwliang]

Do you have a detailed photographs of the tail (stretched). The fish looks a lot like A. uaupesi...

yes, the color pattern of these two species are similar. (by ava, cited from http://www.aquariumfarm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=107375)

 

[Mike Wise]

It is simple to rule out A. uaupesi. A. uaupesi is a member of the iniridae-group (pertensis-lineage). A. elizabethae is a member of the elizabethae-group (agassizii-sublineage of the trifasciata-lineage). The second photo clearly shows the metallic blue 'agassizii(-sublineage) lip spot'. Because the fish has the spot, it cannot be A. uaupesi. Too many people just don't look close enough, but just look at the obvious - e.g. general color. In so many (most) cases, color means nothing.

 

[hapaluku]

A true beautiful A Elisabethea....
My all-time favorit Apistogramma.
I have seen pictures of Blue, Yellow and white Elisabethea in the book (Agualog, South-american cichlids 2, page 32-33), but they are rare.