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I bought this fish from an importer who decided to work in another job. In a tank there were 9 A. sp. "Rotpunkt", 5 A. agassizii, 1 A. panduro and the pictured fish.
Taking in account the mixing of the tank, it could be a colombian o peruvian fish.
First of all, the fish seems to be a regular A. cf. eunotus "Orange tail", although you could see something like abdominal stripes. But when the fish become adult I could see "eunotice" traits (forehead, dorsal fin, body shape, colour and shape of the caudal fin, colours and shinning of the cheek) but he develops a very strong abdominal stripes a strange (for an eunotus) lateral band (I always see this fish with a very disolved lateral band that turns in zig-zag shaped blotches) and a very strong red/orange colour caused by the wedge of the scales.
Now, the pics:
Of course, you can see he has a strange dorsal fin but I think it´s something inherited.
I think it could be A. cf. eunotus "Orange-belly" (A 76) or one of the very variable ssp. of A. sp. "Black-breast/Schwarzbrust" (A 80) -in Koslowski´s it says (speaking about A80):
"Melgar (pers. com.) collected similar specimens, usually without cross-striped tail fins however, in blackwater streams, for example in the Quebrada Yaranayuto on the Rio Nanay side of the highway from Iquitos to Nauta (pH 5.4; 13 μS/cm; 25.6°C/78°F)."
Taking in account the mixing of the tank, it could be a colombian o peruvian fish.
First of all, the fish seems to be a regular A. cf. eunotus "Orange tail", although you could see something like abdominal stripes. But when the fish become adult I could see "eunotice" traits (forehead, dorsal fin, body shape, colour and shape of the caudal fin, colours and shinning of the cheek) but he develops a very strong abdominal stripes a strange (for an eunotus) lateral band (I always see this fish with a very disolved lateral band that turns in zig-zag shaped blotches) and a very strong red/orange colour caused by the wedge of the scales.
Now, the pics:
Of course, you can see he has a strange dorsal fin but I think it´s something inherited.
I think it could be A. cf. eunotus "Orange-belly" (A 76) or one of the very variable ssp. of A. sp. "Black-breast/Schwarzbrust" (A 80) -in Koslowski´s it says (speaking about A80):
"Melgar (pers. com.) collected similar specimens, usually without cross-striped tail fins however, in blackwater streams, for example in the Quebrada Yaranayuto on the Rio Nanay side of the highway from Iquitos to Nauta (pH 5.4; 13 μS/cm; 25.6°C/78°F)."
