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  1. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    I would only call them "A. cf. eunotus (Orangetail) (probably)" if you knew for sure that they were collected in the area where this species is located. But since you have no reliable catch location at all (not even a country), I would just call them A. cf. eunotus.
  2. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    It's actually very easy: if the said catch location is correct, it's a new form/species and an adequate name would be A. cf. eunotus (Rio Yurua). On the other hand, if it's from some other, unknown catch location, it's impossible to tell for sure whether it's a known or new species. In this case...
  3. Frank Hättich

    Help with ID

    It's a regani-complex species. Since the male seems to show no caudal pattern, there are not many (known) possibilities. The first one that comes to my mind is A. sp. Gelbwangen/Yellow-cheeks. However, for this to be the case, the male shows too much red markings on the lower head and lacks the...
  4. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    The splits are light colored lines or gaps within the otherwise dark vertical bars:
  5. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    The male seems to show split bars all the time - for me it's some form of A. cf. eunotus. In the area where they are said to be collected, there are many rivers which are tributaries of the Rio Ucayali.
  6. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma id

    Then he's still too small.
  7. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma id

    It's a brevis-group species, probably one of the piaroa-like ones. A picture of a male with a fully spread dorsal fin might be helpful together with information about the size of the specimen.
  8. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    Knowing that your fish are from Peru and show distinct split bars, it in fact doesn't makes any sense at all to call them A. cf. moae instead of A. cf. eunotus.
  9. Frank Hättich

    Is this a pair of Apistogramma cf. moae?

    One of your fish shows very distinct split vertical bars, something I have never seen on any A. moae. On all the pictures of the latter I know, merely in one picture I can see a very faint split bar. Therefore, unlike A. moae, your fish are for sure an eunotus-subcomplex species and if this is...
  10. Frank Hättich

    ID HELP

    #2 is A. sp. Blutkehl. Depending on the shape of the caudal fin #3 can be A. iniridae (rounded caudal) or A. sp. Blutkehl (two tipped/lyrate caudal). #1 & #4 can also be A. sp. Blutkehl or some other uaupesi-like species. Have they all been collected together or at different locations, if so where?
  11. Frank Hättich

    Apisto ID

    Yes, they are A. sp. Blutkehl.
  12. Frank Hättich

    Apisto ID

    My guess would be A. sp. Blutkehl but I'm not 100% sure from these pictures. Please show some more pictures of male and female when not displaying. The black markings on the abdomen are the crucial feature here.
  13. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma rupununi

    Imo the two pictures likely show the same specimen and I think it's a male.
  14. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma rupununi

    Your fish are A. hippolytae (larger caudal spot and flank patch than A. rupununi).
  15. Frank Hättich

    Sexing apistogramma guttata

    Very helpful pictures: it's A. guttata. At 2 cm total length the small one is too small to be sexed.
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