Apistogramma Agassizii "rio Itaya" wild?

[idefix]

I'm surprised to see a second lateral band on few young Apistogramma agassizii rio Itaya . What do you think? is it normal?

first picture : wild female
second : young F1
third: wild male
fourth : young F1

 

[aquaticclarity]

Is there any chance that the wild female is a bitaeniata?

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, A. agassizii can show an abdominal stripe below the lateral band, but it is usually very faint.

 

[idefix]

I don't see that on wild fish, it's most visible on young subject

 

[Mike Wise]

True, but it's also more visible on preserved specimens. You can see it on Plate XXI (page 414) of Kullander's monograph "Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru". Most of it is available as a pdf at: http://svenkullander.se/publications/Kullander_Peru_1986.pdf.