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phishophile
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Hi, I revently purchased 3 unidentified "apisto sp." fish from my lfs at around a dollar or so apiece. As I am unable to get pictures, I found a link from the Southern Apsito's website:
http://www.geocities.com/mikefjacobs/stenocephalus.jpg
The fish in the pictures look remarkably like my own. However, the dark lateral line is usually smooth, and only on the smallest of the three displays the lateral spot. I thought these fish looked so much like mines because of the four "lines" of green/blue spots radiating on the operculum from their green/blue eyes. As for the dorsal, there is no extended filaments or a dark first filament as you would see on say cacs, just rounded, rather thick filaments like you would find on females. This could be because they seem to be juveniles. The largest one seems to have a yellow band running along the top part of his dorsal . . . The fish are about an an inch and smaller, and do not seem to be overly agressive to one another. The largest of the two is almost black, while the smaller two are colored similarly to the picture, though perhaps without so much red on the fins. Thanks!
http://www.geocities.com/mikefjacobs/stenocephalus.jpg
The fish in the pictures look remarkably like my own. However, the dark lateral line is usually smooth, and only on the smallest of the three displays the lateral spot. I thought these fish looked so much like mines because of the four "lines" of green/blue spots radiating on the operculum from their green/blue eyes. As for the dorsal, there is no extended filaments or a dark first filament as you would see on say cacs, just rounded, rather thick filaments like you would find on females. This could be because they seem to be juveniles. The largest one seems to have a yellow band running along the top part of his dorsal . . . The fish are about an an inch and smaller, and do not seem to be overly agressive to one another. The largest of the two is almost black, while the smaller two are colored similarly to the picture, though perhaps without so much red on the fins. Thanks!
