A. Borellii or A. taeniata??

[Meghan Champy]

Hey guys thanks for the add!

I love these little fishes; my addiction started with one little EBR (still have him); now I have 6 GBR, 2 EB Acaras, 4 Bolivian Rams, and 2 Keyhole Cichlids.
I hope to get a pair of A. Cacatuoides, A. agassizii, and A. panduro.

Okay so the topic of this post is I had purchased an Apisto Borellii a few months ago, and never questioned it, I was looking up the scientific names of the fish I wanted to order. I saw the Apisto taeniata, and I thought there was a pretty good chance. I'm still obviously going to keep him or her, but figured you guys had more experience.

This is a close up of the fish, it doesn't have any red on the gills like some others did that had similar shape.

 

[Mike Wise]

As I wrote in your intro, it's a resticulosa-complex species, but the photos aren't good enough for species ID. It could be one of several species/forms sold commercially. Look at female A. sp. Steel-blue or even A. sp. Wangenflecken as well as A. taeniata.

 

[Meghan Champy]

I wrote in the post I thought it could be a a. taeniate. Iv looked at tons of apistos to try and figure it out. There is no red, all black grey and blue

 

[Mike Wise]

Colors are not important for identification of most apistos. Presently I can recognize 8-10 species in the resticulosa-complex and all are similar.