Apisto ID please

[HandS]

A fellow fish keeper has a mistry apisto, and i was wondering if anyone here can help ID it for him: http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/are-these-a-pair-and-what-species-of-apisto-are-they-vt14341.html

I was thinking Cruzi, but his have horizontal spots where the pics i have seen of A. cruzi have a stripe

Many thanks in advance

 

[kylefish02]

Hi

These are mine.So if anyone could tell me what they are please.They have just spawned but pH was 7 so too high for the eggs to hatch rite?And how long does it usually take apisto sp to hatch at 29c?.

Cheers Kyle

 

[a.d.wood]

Hi there,

They are a pair, and belong to the Apistogramma 'Algodon' group. Possibly Apistogramma sp Morado.

Regards

Andrew

 

[Mike Wise]

Andrew is correct. This is one of the color morphs of A. sp. Pebas the tail patch identifies it perfectly. It might be the Morado form, but the picture of the male is too washed out to say for sure. There are half a dozen or more color morphs of this fish. It is closely related to species in the cruzi-assemblage (eunotus-complex) to which A. sp. Algodon 2 (=A. sp. Putumayo) is a member. A. sp. Parrot/Papagei (=A. sp. Algodon 1) is closely related to A. sp. Pebas. Both Pebas & Parrot belong to the Pebas-assemblage (eunotus-complex).

 

[antwan]

Hey there, I am now the proud owner of this pair. I managed to get a pic while he was showing off to another male, hopefully it can help get a definite species name to it.

thanks guys.

 

[Zapisto]

geez this pair change owner fast

 

[Mike Wise]

It is A. sp. Pebas, but the colors are not as intense as on the Morado/Purple color morph.

 

[antwan]

Thanks Mike Wise.