ID: apisto labeled as Apistogramma vielfleck "Orange Xingú"

[rafael]

Hi.

Apistogramma sp. "Vielfleck" or A. sp. "Samaúma"?

Thanks in advance,

Rafael.

 

[ste12000]

It looks to me to be a young specimen of A.sp'Vielfleck' we have this species here in the UK and yours looks just like mine at a early age? ive never even heard of A.sp 'Samauma' ?? so cannot compare this to that 'species'

Heres my A.sp'Veilfleck'

 

[Mike Wise]

This fish looks like a very colorful morph of the original morph called "A. sp. Xingu (Red-lobes)". It doesn't show the rows of spots on the body or dark blotches on the head that are typical for A. sp. Xingu (Vielfleck) or A. sp. Xingu (Samaúma), or even A. sp. Xingu (sp. aff. Peixoto). All of these morphs/populations of A. sp. Xingu have more spots on the body and head. They original A. sp. Xingu has almost none.

 

[rafael]

Hi Steven & Mike.

Steven: What is the size TL. of your A. sp. "Vielfleck"?

Mike: Thanks Mike. Then it would be a couple of A37? Or should we call it in our Atlas Cíclidos Americanos as A. sp. aff. "Xingu"?

Regards,

Rafael.

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, a very colorful A37. I do not see a photo on your web site for A. sp. aff. "Xingu".