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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
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
