ID Apisto Meinkeni?????

[Aqua27]

Hello
Can somebody help me in intentifying this fish?

I got it from Glaser as apisto meinkeni but I have some doubts.

Thanks for your help.

Aqua27

 

[Mike Wise]

I cannot be certain, but it does look like A. meinkeni. A. meinkeni females in brood & threat dress show 2 distinct lateral spots - on Bars 2 & 3. If your fish show this and are small (<5 cm), then they are A. meinkeni

 

[Aqua27]

Many thanks for your answer Mike.

hereunder is a photo of the femelle in a brood dress. The quality is not very good. I will try to take a new photo later.

Aqua27

 

[Mike Wise]

Your female show a brood dress seen on regani-group species, not pertensis-group species. Since A. meinkeni is not a regani-group species, your fish cannot be A. meinkeni. I believe that your fish mightbe A. sp. "Xingu" Red-lobes. Look for photos of this species. Check if they are similar to your fish. This site shows a male in dominant dress: http://rva.jp/apisto/sp_xingu_regani.html

 

[apistobob]

I think Mike is on the right track. Here is a page about this color form. There is another photo of a male oin the home page of the site.

http://dwarfcichlid.com/rioxingu.html

Bob

 

[Rolo]

Hi,

A. sp. Xingú was my first thougt, too.

After comparing your fish with this picture from Volker Bohnet, I'm pretty sure.

regards,
Rolo