A Tefe

[chris1932]

I ordered box of A agassizii tefe, I have kept them before and the body was darker than these fish. Catch location was listed as tefe but we all know how that goes. Any ideas.

 

[bigbird]

Hello Chris,

Sorry cannot help, however I like the colours and markings a very stunning fish indeed. cheers jk :biggrin:

 

[Hudson Ensz]

Doesnt look like mine did, but that doesnt really mean much.

 

[lab]

Hard to say from this photo, but could very well be Apistogramma sp. "Branco", A 226.

This is primarily based on the amount of red in the tail and the fact that the tail seems to be rounded more than spade shaped.

 

[Mike Wise]

Do all of the males have the same caudal fin (color, pattern, shape)? To me it looks more like a (poor) domestic strain of red agassizii, maybe from the red-back strain. The Rio Tefé has both the type form of A. agassizii and A. sp. Tefé. Maybe they are wild, from the Tefé, and A. agassizii.

 

[chris1932]

They all have the redish orange tail, They are on a very light colored sand, when they are in the driftwood tangle they darken up quite a bit showing more blue and yellow.

 

[Mike Wise]

If they never show the wavy reddish stripes on the flanks, then they are not A. sp. Tefé. Usually wildcaught imports of agassizii-complex species show several different caudal fin patterns/colors.

 

[bourdinite]

may be an apistogramma pulchra ....