ID, maybe A. viejita.

[Ismael Monroy]

Hi, I need your help to identify this Apistogramma, belongs to an amateur Colombian named Hernan Hidalgo, we believe that it is A. viejita, what do you think?

Greetings.

 

[Rod]

Why do you think they are viejita?

They look like macmasteri to me!

 

[Rod]

Unfortunately...99.9% of photos on the web that are noted as A viejita....aren't
There is one...yes one really good photo of a real viejita....it was on fish base....but has been removed
I linked it here....major issue with copyright!!
One really good photo....but you can't see it....great for the hobby!
Beauty is once you are in cyberspace....Good Luck getting out!
So best I can do is provide a link that shows this photo in the second post
Once you see the real viejita....you will see they are quite different

http://www.quarantaenebecken.de/index.php?topic=802.0

 

[DaRe]

I do believe this photo is to be trusted:
http://www.ciklid.org/artregister/artreg_visa_art.php?ID=291

same as on fishbase earlier I believe. We have of course Roland Kippers approval to use his photos.

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, Rolo's fish is the typical A. viejita. The one on TomC's site: http://apisto.sites.no/page.aspx?pageid=53 (about a fourth of the way down the page) is another population, just a bit different.

 

[Ismael Monroy]

Thank you very much for your valuable answers.

Greetings from Mexico DF