Apistogramma velifera...

[Microman]

A new Apisto in my fish room, Wild Apistogramma cf. velifera...
This fish differs from the norm due to an extended lobe in the upper caudal, very much like Dicrossus gladicauda.
There is no sign of a bottom lobe developing despite the fish being fully mature.
First time i have seen A. velifera in the UK...
Mark...

 

[Mike Wise]

Mark, I once had a male A. iniridae that had one extremely long ray sticking out of the top part of the caudal fin, so it's not totally unique. Most of the species in the velifera-complex and iniridae-group tend to have lyretails anyway. Maybe it's part of the make-up in these closely related species. Beautiful fish, BTW.

 

[Microman]

. Maybe it's part of the make-up in these closely related species.

Thats exactly what I was thinking Mike. Be interesting to see what the offspring look like, my bet is all males with round caudal.
Mark...

 

[peterclarke666]

very nice apisto there mark actually looking at importing some of these into the uk through iktus aqua in france like steve1572 did a few years ago for the bca as they have them on there list along with a few other rare ones