new apistos

[discusone]

Hi everyone,

i am going to try and post some pics and a short video.I have had these guys for about a week.With my very limited knowledge,which i have learned through this site,i am assuming they are from the macmasteri group?Any comments,or LOL,is welcome.






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[Mike Wise]

The photos are not good (sharp) enough to identify the fish. Sorry.

 

[discusone]

Mike,thanks for the reply.I will post new pics taken this evening,so hopefully you can help me id these guys/gals.

 

[jose_vogel]

My guess is that they´re A. sp. "rotpunkt" (A106 or A107, but not A108).

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, they are A. sp. Rotpunkt. Did you find them in Denver? Where?

 

[jose_vogel]

Mike, what do you think about de A-number of the fish in the pic?

 

[Mike Wise]

They seem to be A106 the commonly available form of the species in the hobby. They do show a little more yellow on the body than some other populations. There is a population called A. sp. Rotpunkt (Puerto Nariño) that shows even more yellow on the body. A107 is the paratype population/form of A. alacrina. I doubt that discusone's fish are A107 because the area is not often commercially collected. I would need to see better photos of the females to be certain, however.

 

[jose_vogel]

Thanks a lot.

 

[discusone]

Mike and jose,

thanks for the info.Mike,no they are not local Den fish.Apparently,apistos in Den are far and few.I recieved them via theamazonbasement,thru aquabid.com.

As a novice apisto fan,can you give me a brief explanation on the 106,107,108 thing?Is this refering to local populations?,Or more based on color morphs?Geograpical Area?.

Anyhow,whatever they are,i am enjoing them,tons of attitude in a small package.And i enjoy the fact that i dont have to mix up 50 gallons of saltwater for a water change!

 

[briztoon]

Many people are familiar with L numbers when talking about plecos, well apistogramma have exactly the same type number identification system, known as A numbers.

Here is a link to the numbering and identification system. Unfortunately the apistos you want to look at do not have photos. http://apisto.sites.no/slekt.aspx?gruppeID=1

 

[discusone]

Thanks to everyone,
I am going to post a few more pics,then go with the info i have recieved.Dont know if these photos help with any ID,but i sure enjoy the communication.