Is this an agassizii tefe?

[Phil_1983]

Hello all,

I just found a pic of a fish I had some years ago. When I got him, I bought him as a. agassizii tefe but I was wondering if he really was. I mean, it really didn't matter much, he was a beautiful fish.

Anyways, I saw the old pic and now I am really curious how to differentiate agassizii from gephyra. Can you explain the difference between the two species to me?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
He is lovely, I had one that looked similar, but was probably a line-bred A. agassizii -<"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/what-kind-of-agassizii.25609/#post-126738">.

Cheers Darrel

 

[anewbie]

Hello all,

I just found a pic of a fish I had some years ago. When I got him, I bought him as a. agassizii tefe but I was wondering if he really was. I mean, it really didn't matter much, he was a beautiful fish.

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Anyways, I saw the old pic and now I am really curious how to differentiate agassizii from gephyra. Can you explain the difference between the two species to me?

The problem is 'tefe' is overload - there is a species 'tefe' and line bred tefe (which is a colour)... I believe from other posts on this forum species tefe has a more zagged central line....

I really wish 'tefe' domestic line didn't exist because it really confuse people sort of like macs being sold as vieja.

 

[Frank Hättich]

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Anyways, I saw the old pic and now I am really curious how to differentiate agassizii from gephyra. Can you explain the difference between the two species to me?

Your fish is not A. gephyra, it's some kind of "agassizii". As for the differences between agassizii and gephyra see here. In case it's a wild form (and not already a tank bred mixture of several different populations/color forms etc.), it's impossible to tell wether it's from the Rio Tefe.

 

[Frank Hättich]

I believe from other posts on this forum species tefe has a more zagged central line....

A. sp. Tefe males show zigzag stripes along the body. However, the lateral band (central line?) isn't zigzag.

 

[Phil_1983]

Well, thanks guys.

He really was a beauty but he also was the most aggressive Apisto I ever had. He was in a 125 Litre tank with 5 Otos and 10 H. amandae and none of the other fish was save.

Thanks Frank - that link really helped. I still find it very hard to see the differences, but at least I now know them in theory