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Kaj, I sure don't mind - any kind of interesting input is welcome in a small society like this :)
As for my own fish, I'll settle for A.cf.caetei then. 6 males and no females, that's a bummer...my contact at Imazo said he'd had these for more than a year. He didn't know what they were when he...
Thanks guys! I aggree, these don't look quite like the A.sp.Wangenflecken I have, and this being a form of A.caetei actually crossed my mind. I didn't know that A.caetei grows to this size though, nice to see. The exporter (Imazo in Sweden) has had a few wild forms of caetei in stock during the...
I can tell you one thing; they sure aren't A.tucurui. That's what my supplier listed them as, but they still have some traits that make me think of eastern-Brazil based species.
I received six of them, and I was surprised to see they were about 3" (7-8 cm) and in fine condition. Too bad they...
Diagnostic features are not visible enough to make a certain ID for this little fella :) Can you get better pics (more close-up if possible)? A clear view of the fish from the side with black pattern and fins as visible as possible would make it a lot easier!
Haakon
Sounds really exciting, Mike. Seems like the Peru/Ecuador border area is a hotspot for new fish these days, so I wouldn't be surprised if you found something brand new. I would love to see pics of Loricariids and Characins you find as well, but I know you'll be pretty focused on other stuff ;)...
Ah yes, for a month everybody on here will be led to believe they have something completely different than what they actually have! I will do my part though, but yeah I'm sure we'll leave a mess for you to deal with when you return :D What part of Peru are you going to this time?
Mike to the rescue again, thank you very much :D I was actually looking at A.sp."Wangenflecken" in the DATZ book earlier today, and it seems like you're spot on!
Haakon
I took some better photos today, hopefully they can make a proper ID possible. Could they be a nice form of A.taeniata? Does this species occur around Belem?
Haakon
I was sent 2 different species of Apisto from my supplier the other day, he didn't have a name for them except A.sp."Colombia" and A.sp."Belem". Both are wilds. I'm thinking A.iniridae for the Colombian one, and perhaps A.caetei for the Brazilian one from Belem?
I think it's hard to say in this case. These fish do have the red edge on the dorsal fin that gephyra has, but even agassizii can have this. The caudal fin is not very spade-shaped, which again points to gephyra. Also the blue sheen on the body is not very prominent, which is usually the case...
I just took a closer look at the photos Frank sent me, and I think they may be the same fish. Niall's male is more developed and bigger, but the females look similar. Mike, I've emailed you Frank's pictures for you to compare :)
Haakon
Strange, Glaser seem to have two different fish under the same name. Frank Schäfer sent me a picture of what they had as A.caetei Xingu a while ago, and they were not like these. He said he had some of them at home, quite colorless fish. I figured they were the Xingu population of taeniata...