Dicrossus gladicauda

[Mike Wise]

Hard to say if the lower extension is normal or been damaged. I have a photo from a Japanese aquarium magazine that shows a specimen that looks exactly like A. elizabethae except it shows no extended anterior dorsal spines. Is it a different species? I don't know. I will say that the fin doesn't look damaged. I guess you only will know for certain if you breed this male and male offspring also show the same caudal fin shape.

 

[Yo-han]

Fortunate for me he is the Alpha male, but don't have the means to breed them right now unless it happens in this tank...

 

[dw1305]

I took your hint of an Anubias plant - I moved one from another tank into a quiet corner of the Dicrossus tank, and have seen the male and female exploring it together.

I don't know if it is just co-incidence but when I had a pair of Dicrossus maculatus she spawned on an Anubias leaf (just behind her in the photo).

<http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/threads/1st-d-maculatus-spawn.12389/#post-73918>

cheers Darrel