cruzi, papgei or pebas?

[chris1932]

I am going to say Pebas, Looks just like the photos of the hundreds I have raised.

 

[Ruki]

OK... can everyone see the image now?

Yes, I can.
For me it's pebas.

 

[K-Pon]

Hello tjudy and ALL

For me its Ap. sp Pebas (same as mine )

Male:


Female with fry:

 

[Mike Wise]

A. sp. Roca Eterna (rock of ages ???) Really??? Where is info on this fish Mike? I don't see it in the Datz South American "book" or the Koslowski book.

This is a species that TomC & I got while in Peru. I orginally thought that it might be the "Caudalfleck" morph of A. sp. Papagei (A 92). Its females show a caudal patch very similar to A. sp. Papagei. The males look something like A. sp. Papagei, but are not as intensely colored and have a squared-off/truncated tail. My largest male - easily 8 cm SL! - is beginning to show hints that it might develop double caudal tips like those of some mature cruzi & eunotus males. We were told that it did not come from the Río Ampiyacu, where the Pebas & Papagei forms originate. They are said to come from a river farther west between Orán and Pebas. It might be an intermediate between cruzi forms and Pebas forms.