A. baenschi?

[Greg PL]

one of my collegues has doubts about the fish pictured on 1st and 4th page of the following thread. is it A. baenschi or some other closely related sp.?

http://www.apisto.pl/fa/viewtopic.php?t=2073&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

 

[Mike Wise]

The fish pictured has the small round caudal spot of A. baenschi, but the cheek stripe is very broad and does not taper to a blunt point at the edge of the gill cover (typical for A. baenschi). The cheek stripe looks more like that of A. sp. Zwilling/Twin, but this species has a much larger caudal spot. I doubt that it is a cross. My guess is that it is A. baenschi that is from a population different from the typical form. I suggest waiting until the male matures to see how long the dorsal fin lappets grow. Then maybe we can provide a better identification.