A. sp. "Río Mamoré" ? May be A. maciliensis?

[rafael]

Hi.

Please help me.

This apisto is A. sp. "Río Mamoré" or A. maciliensis? :?:

http://www.revela2.com/media/fotos2/16505/223401-4910_max.jpg

Thanks.

Best Regards

Rafael

 

[apistodave]

Sp name is A. maciliensis

 

[Mike Wise]

Sorry, but I must disagree with David & Uwe Römer' Atlas on this. Your fish is an undescribed member of the trifasciata-group more properly called A. sp. Mamoré. Why? Because the lateral band is wider than that described and pictured for either A. trifasciata, A. trifasciata maciliensis, or A. t. haraldschultzi. Additionally the lateral band is fairly constant in width throughout its length on A. trifasciata, A. trifasciata maciliensis, & A. t. haraldschultzi. It noticeably broadens toward the tail on A. sp. Mamoré.

Last year Jeff Cardwell brought back some fish from Bolivia that key very closely to A. t. maciliensis (& A. t. haraldschultzi). They were even collected from lake shore biotopes as reported for both A. trifasciata maciliensis & A. t. haraldschultzi. Unlike the Guaporé form of A. trifasciata, Jeff's fish did not show the broad yellow gold expanse above the lateral band & never showed the 3rd diagonal band. Other than lacking the diagonal band they appear to be very similar in color to the Paraguayan populations of A. trifasciata. For this reason I feel that A. t. maciliensis (& A. t. haraldschultzi) is only a geographic color population of A. trifasciata & that A. maciliensis should not be considered a separate species from A. trifasciata.

Mike Wise

 

[apistodave]

No way am I going any further!!!!!!!!!