A Gephyra spawn

[chris1932]

A Gephyra spawn Plus Photos

I recieved a group of A gephyra a month or so ago and they have spawned. Two big males, five small females all in a 15 gallon tank. Three have eggs, I wasnt ready yet. They must have known.
Pictures soon.

Ok Soon turns out to be today, I moved all of the other Gephyra from the tank. Mother and Father are doing quite a job of tending the fry. There are dwarf pencils in the tank and they dont seem to be bothering the fry.

 

[DH247]

Yikes

I would hope there's enough of everybody else that the aggression is at least spread out!

 

[chris1932]

Bad pic but both parents are in it with the fry

 

[Rolo]

I recieved a group of A gephyra a month or so ago and they have spawned.

Congratulations....

...but I think they are nice A. agassizii, but not A. gephyra.

regards,
Rolo

 

[Mike Wise]

The photos aren't really good enough for an accurate ID, but I have to agree with Rolo. The caudal (what I can see of it) looks more like A. agassizii than A. gephyra.

 

[chris1932]

There are small rows of dashes as opposed to an even colored arrow shaped stripe. The top of the dorsal has a fine red edge. The female has never had just a single spot in brooding dress.

 

[Mike Wise]

Without photos of the caudal pattern it is really hard to understand the differences between aggies and gephyra. Some aggie males show a "lace" pattern in the caudal, but different from gephyra. Female aggies can show 1, 2, or even a stripe while in brood dress. Breast scales are important for ID purposes. This is hard to see on photos. I don't like to identify A. gephyra without either knowing the exact location where the fish were collected or seeing the fish itself.

 

[chris1932]

They shipped out of Manaus and the location given was Demini

 

[Mike Wise]

The problem is that the Rio Dimini apparently has both A. agassizii & A. gephyra in it: A. agassizii collected from the Dimini http://www.rva.jp/zukan/apisto/ap_agassizii_demini2.html and A. gephyra from the Dimini http://www.rva.jp/zukan/apisto/ap_gephyra.htm. I've even seen photos of specimens that I can't tell are one or the other (maybe a mix??).