Apistogramma sp.Kelleri - confirmation ID

[Mpaw]

Please confirmation ID, WF from Peru, caught in Rio Huallaga basin ??? - information from exporter.

Female and male with red markings,

Male

Female

regards
Paweł

 

[Mark]

Could be, but you didn't show us the right female photo..

Mark

 

[Mpaw]

Best female foto

 

[Mike Wise]

A. sp. Kelleri doesn't occur in Peru, especially the Río Huallaga (Marañon system). I'm not sure if someone gave you the wrong collecting locality or some other species. Like Mark says, they might be Kelleri, but none of the photos show adequate features to say for certain.

 

[blueblue]

The male fish does look like Kelleri while you'd better post clearer photos for us to read and comment.

 

[Mpaw]

If this information will be helpful, fish arrive from Stingray Aquarium.

Male




Male with red markings.

 

[Mike Wise]

Francisco's fish are from the Rio Jutai (Brazil). They probably are the same species as A. sp. Kelleri, but until we are certain, I have listed then in my data base as A. cf. sp. Kelleri (Jutai)

 

[blueblue]

The more I look at A. sp. Kelleri's pictures, the more I feel it is the same as mouthbrooder (barlowi)... especially the female fish...

 

[Mark]

Hi Blueblue,

I would say it is almost the same fish, but it has some differences:
- male has red markings on gills (not all of them!)
- female has no brestband at all
- female gets two tipped caudal fin even at younger age

I think the absence of the brestband is important enough to say it is a separate species. If I look at other species complexes the differences between species are even smaller.

Mark