Can someone please ID my apistos.

[nath1985]

Hi all,

I purchased a pair of juvenile apistos about a month ago now. The pair were labelled as trifasciata at the store. I couldn't see a third horizontal stripe on either of the two fish when I bought them but I thought nothing of it as they were still relatively young.

Since then, the male has matured a little and has developed more colour, albeit I believe his full colours are not yet fully realised. Apologies as this will make their identification a little more difficult. The more he has grown the more I doubt he is a trifasciata.

My gut feel is they are a. eunotus orange tail, but possibly a cruzi or hoignei?

Hoping someone will be able to confirm that they aren't trifasciata and also postively ID their species.

I believe they were domestically bred and not wild caught. The female is about 2 inches and the male is only slightly larger.

I know the photos aren't perect and the pair may be too young. If so I will try to ID them again at a later time.

Thanks for your assistance.

Nath

 

[Mike Wise]

They certainly are not A. trifasciata. They appear to be a population of A. cf. eunotus. Better photos that show the black markings on the body would help to be absolutely certain.

 

[nath1985]

Thanks Mike. Not quite sure why the store even thought they were trifasciata... It feels good having some idea about what they actually are.

Nath