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  1. Frank Hättich

    my a. elizabeth

    Your male is elizabethae. My guess is A. brevis.
  2. Frank Hättich

    my a. elizabeth

    The two supposed fenales show a distinct gap between lateral band and caudal spot. I haven't seen this in any elizabethae so far. Imo they are likely a different species.
  3. Frank Hättich

    Sexing Apisto Borelli Opal

    Among other things A. sp. Steel blue have a vertically extended caudal spot that is separate from the lateral band, these fish don't - they are 100% sure borellii.
  4. Frank Hättich

    Are both of these fishes D24 ?

    There is variability in all kinds of features, body shape is no exception to this - even more so, if a fish is tank raised.
  5. Frank Hättich

    ID on wild apistogramma

    It's Taeniacara candidi.
  6. Frank Hättich

    Sexing Apistogramma macmasteri

    Both are males.
  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"

    No and they are not necessarily A. macmasteri, but rather a macmasteri-complex species - A. macmasteri is just one of several possibilities.
  8. Frank Hättich

    Uaupesi or Lineata?

    yes
  9. Frank Hättich

    Uaupesi or Lineata?

    Looks like A. lineata to me.
  10. Frank Hättich

    Are there any special features that distinguish macmasteri from hoignei in males?

    In most cases the only way to safely distinguish hoignei- and macmasteri-subcomplex females is by means of the black markings on throat, chin and chest when they are in spawning/brooding mood. Most hoignei-subcomplex females show black markings on throat and chin whereas most...
  11. Frank Hättich

    Are there any special features that distinguish macmasteri from hoignei in males?

    See here: https://www.tomc.no/page.aspx?PageID=116#A.-macmasteri-Subcomplex Howver, depending on how small your fish are, it might be impossible to tell yet.
  12. Frank Hättich

    Do all species in Apistogramma-iniridae-Group have tail differences between male/female

    No, for example in A. iniridae and A. sp. D51 males and females have rounded caudal fins.
  13. Frank Hättich

    [Species Identification] Question about wild Apistogrammas from Tefé

    I agree with Mike.
  14. Frank Hättich

    ID Confirmation please!!!

    Without knowing the catch location I can't confirm the ID, but if I had to make a guess, it would be D24 too.
  15. Frank Hättich

    what species ?

    Yes it's mendezi.
  16. Frank Hättich

    What fish is this or what fish is it related to ?

    It's in fact a new species. Mike, Tom and I have already discussed about it last year, but as it seems without adding it to the species list.
  17. Frank Hättich

    Dear Master, I am disturbing you to ask about a species of Apistogramma...

    No.
  18. Frank Hättich

    Dear Master, I am disturbing you to ask about a species of Apistogramma...

    They don't look like ortegai.
  19. Frank Hättich

    D39 male or female ?

    To me too.
  20. Frank Hättich

    Species id request ?

    The black markings fit to the Ladislao-like species.
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