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  1. Frank Hättich

    D39 male or female ?

    I still think that it's a male, because I have never seen a female showing any red markings on the gill cover, let alone at this small size.
  2. Frank Hättich

    which species

    Sometimes the trade names fishes after the export stations from which they came. So if the fish were collected by a Brazilian fischermen who brought them to Santa Isabel, this could be a possible explanation, however not a very likely one imo.
  3. Frank Hättich

    which species

    The picture shows A. lineata, a species from the Rio Atabapo in Colombia.
  4. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma borellii Opal

    See Mike's comment here: https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/mixing-borellii-phenotypes.25126/#post-122565
  5. Frank Hättich

    Any experience with a. norbeti ?

    Don't worry it's A. norberti. Like the display of all black markings, that of the zigzag abdominal stripes too, depends on the mood of the fish.
  6. Frank Hättich

    ID please!! So recently i bought some apistos from an importer who deals in Wild fish. He sold me 6 very small specimens as "Iniridae"

    No, your fish are a macmasteri-complex species.
  7. Frank Hättich

    ID please!! So recently i bought some apistos from an importer who deals in Wild fish. He sold me 6 very small specimens as "Iniridae"

    Can be almost every macmasteri-complex species.
  8. Frank Hättich

    Apistos with spiky fins

    A. piaroa may also be interesting for you: https://www.ciklid.org/artregister/art.php?ID=2383
  9. Frank Hättich

    Question about difference between Apistogramma sp.Breitbinden and Apistogramma Megaptera

    A. sp. Breitbinden is the same species as A. piaroa. "Breitbinden" is just the common name of the species that was in use before it had been scientifically described as A. piaroa.
  10. Frank Hättich

    Question about difference between Apistogramma sp.Breitbinden and Apistogramma Megaptera

    If you mean a large black blotch on the caudal peduncle, this is only seen in A165: A164 can show a black blotch on the caudal peduncle too, but it is usually smaller, less pronounced and restricted to the area below the lateral band.
  11. Frank Hättich

    Apisto. Eunotus Female ID

    I still think they are A. sp. Nadelstreifen or the very closely related A. cf. sp. Nadelstreifen/A. sp. aff. eunotus (Colombia).
  12. Frank Hättich

    Apisto. Eunotus Female ID

    After looking at the pictures again, I think it's actually an eunotus-subcomplex species closely related (or identical) to A. sp. Nadelstreifen. Like these fish, A. sp. Nadelstreifen often show prominent vertical bars, but rarely (if ever?) split bars. Caudal spot and coloration of the caudal...
  13. Frank Hättich

    Apisto. Eunotus Female ID

    I agree with you Mike that it's likely a regani-complex species, but apart from that, I see no particular similarity to A. paulmuelleri at all. If these fish are in fact frrom Peru, I think that it's an entirely new species. @apistonoob99 do you have any information on the exact catch location?
  14. Frank Hättich

    D39 male or female ?

    yes
  15. Frank Hättich

    D39 male or female ?

    I see only males in your pictures.
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