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  1. Frank Hättich

    Finding bitaeniata female when male locality is kind of unknown

    I personally would not breed with specimens from different locations, since recent research suggests that different location usually means genetically different species. Because of this, most tank bred strains of "superspecies" like A. cacatuoides, A. agassizii, A. bitaeniata etc. are almost...
  2. Frank Hättich

    Apisto Baenschi?

    I've heard that there have been cases where exporters have allegedly put females of "similar" species together into the same tank and then sent them out randomly with males of the two species. In this way the wild caught parents of these fish might already have been two different species. Imo...
  3. Frank Hättich

    Apisto Baenschi?

    If they were A. feconat I would expect a larger caudal spot (male and female) and a larger lateral spot (female). Moreover, on all pictures of feconat I know the males show at least some (often many) dark scales in front of the caudal spot, particularly below the lateral band.
  4. Frank Hättich

    Apisto Baenschi?

    If they are hybrids I would refrain from breeding them at all. I can't tell you a number. It's just that I personally have no idea which other nijsseni-group species it could be and together with the deformed scales of the male, for me, hybridisation is a likely explanation.
  5. Frank Hättich

    Apisto Baenschi?

    Given the deformed scales on the male's caudal peduncle, they might be hybrids.
  6. Frank Hättich

    Sexing D12

    yes
  7. Frank Hättich

    id request ?

    I recommend to read Mike's excellent article "A description of Apistogramma species-groups".
  8. Frank Hättich

    D50? ID HELP

    Yes, quite some, e.g. the D12-like forms.
  9. Frank Hättich

    id request ?

    It seems you are talking about the A. cf. bitaeniata in the above pictures not about the A. sp. Nadelstreifen...
  10. Frank Hättich

    D50? ID HELP

    Looks like a hoignei-subcomplex species to me.
  11. Frank Hättich

    id request ?

    Looks like A. sp. Nadelstreifen.
  12. Frank Hättich

    id request ?

    Maybe A. (cf.) sp. Nadelstreifen. They are found near Leticia where also a form of A. cf. bitaeniata is found. But without knowing the catch location or seeing better pictures of the fish in different moods, this is merely one of several possibilities.
  13. Frank Hättich

    id request ?

    If you mean the vertical bars these can be shown by all species. The fish in question look like an eunotus-subcomplex species to me.
  14. Frank Hättich

    Wild-caught Apistogramma d39

    "don't always" is quite euphemistic ;-) Show some pictures of them, preferably in different moods, then it should be possible to tell whether they are in fact D39. Btw. the correct name is A. sp. D39.
  15. Frank Hättich

    Need help sexing Apistogramma bitaeniata

    The latter.
  16. Frank Hättich

    Need help sexing Apistogramma bitaeniata

    Watch out for the metallic green/blue lip spot shown only by males of all agassizii-sublineage species. It is found on the lower part of the upper lip near the corner of the mouth:
  17. Frank Hättich

    Uaupes/Vaupes Biotope

  18. Frank Hättich

    Uaupes/Vaupes Biotope

    The larger fish (male) shows a caudal pattern not typical of A. uaupesi. It could be A. lineata, but from this photo alone and without knowing the catch location, it's impossible to tell for sure. The smaller fish is for sure not uaupesi because it's a macmasteri-group species.
  19. Frank Hättich

    A. viejita “Red face”

    I see nothing that speaks against viejita - it might just be a particularly colorful specimen. However, I have seen similar fish showing more red coloration on the head than typical viejita that were said to be from Cumaribo (Vichada). So, I would better call these A. cf. viejita and never keep...
  20. Frank Hättich

    id request - a. gibbiceps or something else (?cf uaupesi) ?

    In adult males, but not all show the spot equally pronounced.
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