• Hello guest! Are you an Apistogramma enthusiast? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's a great place for Apisto enthusiasts to meet online. Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your fish and tanks and have a great time with other Apisto enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Search results

  1. Frank Hättich

    Tefe or sp tefe?

    Your fish are not A. sp. Tefe which are distinguished from other agassizii-subcomplex species by the zigzag stripes males show along their body. For reference see here.
  2. Frank Hättich

    Wild Apitogramma collected in Peru species identification

    It's an eunotus- or cruzi-subcomplex species. Please tell us the catch location and show some photos of the male showing lateral band and caudal spot clearly. A photo of the complete female may also help.
  3. Frank Hättich

    Any thoughts on what this guy is?

    Male A. norberti.
  4. Frank Hättich

    What species is this

    I agree, the first one is A. cacatuoides. The second one looks like a female A. cf. ortegai to me.
  5. Frank Hättich

    ID and Sexing Help Please

    Your fish could be some resticulosa-complex species but since they were sold as agassizii, they are most likely A. sp. Steel-blue. For some inexplicable reason these are often wrongly sold as agassizii or borellii.
  6. Frank Hättich

    Good book?

    Yes seems to be just the cover-page. So obviously "Full-text available" doesn't mean what it suggests :(
  7. Frank Hättich

    Good book?

    CA1 & CA2 are available as PDF files (in German and English) from Uwe Römer's ResearchGate site.
  8. Frank Hättich

    Good book?

    Koslowski was one of the most knowledgable authors on Apistos and if you can get your hands on his newer book "Die Buntbarsche Amerikas 2 - Apistogramma & Co", buy it! His older book I would see more as a collectable for enthusisats today.
  9. Frank Hättich

    Identification Apistogramma Hoignei?

    All your fish are a form of A. cf. hongsloi.
  10. Frank Hättich

    WC Apistogramma cacatuoides Rio Purus....Update!!!

    A. cf. cacatuoides (Rio Purus). " " are used for common names only, e.g. A. sp. "MacZ", but I usually omit them because of laziness.
  11. Frank Hättich

    WC Apistogramma cacatuoides Rio Purus....Update!!!

    I would do so.
  12. Frank Hättich

    A. Uaupesi? Took a chance...

    The correct name is A. sp. Blutkehl because the species is not scientifically described yet.
  13. Frank Hättich

    Help with my tank? (With a little "what do I have" thrown in...)

    You have two different species: your male is A. agassizii and the female is a cacatuoides-group species, probably A. cacatuoides.
  14. Frank Hättich

    A. Uaupesi? Took a chance...

    Your fish are A. sp. Blutkehl.
  15. Frank Hättich

    Rio AMPYACU APISTOS BIATENTA

    None of your fish are A. bitaeniata. These are a form of A. (cf.) ortegai: and this is A. cf. cacatuoides:
  16. Frank Hättich

    Rio Ampiacu Apistogramma (purple) Care Info

    This isn't an ortegai-form and given the photos from the store, it's A. cf. cacatuoides: In a small tank like yours, I would keep one pair of Apistos not more let alone different species. The A. (cf.) ortegai forms are natural species.
  17. Frank Hättich

    Rio Ampiacu Apistogramma (purple) Care Info

    I agree with Mac, this female can be a form of A. (cf.) ortegai, given the name "purple" likely A. cf. ortegai (Morado): Looking at the pictures of the fish shop's tank, the other species you got is a form of A. cf. cacatuoides.
  18. Frank Hättich

    Silver Apistogramma ID

    Splits in the posterior bars occasionally occur in specimens of the cruzi- and ortegai-subcomplex too. It's just that in these subcomplexes they are exceptions whereas in the eunotus-subcomplex they are the rule.
  19. Frank Hättich

    Silver Apistogramma ID

    Looks like a cruzi-subcomplex species to me.
  20. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma sp eremnopyge 'Fresa' (Strawberry)

    Your fish isn't A. eremnopyge but rather an agassizii-group species, imo A. gephyra. Btw names like "A. sp. eremnopyge" are self-contradictory because A. eremnopyge is a scientifically desribed species whereas "sp." means that it is not.
Top