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Hello Apisto lovers, likers, interesters and so on. I am a very new member on this forum, but not really new on apisto subject.
Also, I didn't want the title to be just "Apistogramma identification". I'm not a narcissist. ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I bought this pair 3 days ago from a pet shop under the name Apistogramma mortenthaleri, but that is not a real species at all. I read that the commercial name A. mortenthaleri can be Apistogramma martini or Apistogramma pantalone, but these fish don't resemble the two species either. What are these? From macmasteri-group or regani-group maybe?
Here is the male:
The female:
Male and female stress color-pattern change after a small "dance of dominance":
I bought this pair 3 days ago from a pet shop under the name Apistogramma mortenthaleri, but that is not a real species at all. I read that the commercial name A. mortenthaleri can be Apistogramma martini or Apistogramma pantalone, but these fish don't resemble the two species either. What are these? From macmasteri-group or regani-group maybe?
Here is the male:
![27356636752_1c2ee99d02_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7378/27356636752_1c2ee99d02_h.jpg)
![27384325661_d63d4f58a0_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7658/27384325661_d63d4f58a0_h.jpg)
![26848602043_19a43cca38_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7751/26848602043_19a43cca38_h.jpg)
The female:
![27455969745_393075e23d_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7646/27455969745_393075e23d_h.jpg)
![27455980815_d4dd4eb8fa_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7313/27455980815_d4dd4eb8fa_h.jpg)
Male and female stress color-pattern change after a small "dance of dominance":
![27356687052_384deb60c0_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7289/27356687052_384deb60c0_h.jpg)
![27356676622_cf18ad394b_h.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7226/27356676622_cf18ad394b_h.jpg)