Red caudalspot

[fart]

What apistogramma has red caudalspot ?

This is not a good picture, but you can see the red caudalspot

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/2011-10-24220945.jpg

With regards
RHD

 

[regani]

A. hongsloi does if I am not mistaken. not sure though if there are others.

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, A. hongsloi forms normally have red caudal spots, but I don't believe that the red patch seen here is actually a caudal spot. The red on the fish in the photo is not surface pigment. It is blood vessels showing through the pale tissue on the fish. I really can't identify the species. It might be one of the golden forms of the hongsloi-complex, but to me it looks more like a eunotus-complex form. Without dark markings, it is difficult to say what species it might be. What do the females look like?

 

[fart]

Thanks for the answer regani and Mike Wise.

Mike Wise you are right when you said you did not belive it was the caudalspot I had a better look at the fish, and it looks like its the blood that I can see and its between the last bar and the caudalspot.

I tried to take some photos of the fish with a better camera than the mobil, phone but the red patch does not show so well on those pictures.

This is some pictures of the female
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3667.jpg
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3651.jpg
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3649.jpg

Thanks again for the help.


With regards
RHD

 

[Mike Wise]

Thanks for the photos of the female. The shape of the caudal spot and the ventral stripe indicate that it 'probably is A. macmasteri. I am not absolutely positive, however. The male still looks more like a eunotus-complex species in shape. Can you get more photos of the male? It might help. Under what name were they sold?

 

[fart]

Hi

This is the male, that came with the female.
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/ed4.jpg
and this is close up off caudal fin http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3658.jpg
One more of the male http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3680.jpg
And one offspring photo http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/IMG_3642.jpg

And one video http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/rhd6/apistogramma/?action=view&current=apisto.mp4

With regards
RHD

 

[Mike Wise]

Well, the male looks like A. cf. eunotus (Orangeschwanz/Orange-tail) to me. I don't recall ever seeing a female Orangeschwanz with a ventral stripe, however. The young male offspring, however, doesn't show typical hybrid features (deformed scale rows, deformed fins) typically seen on crosses of species between 2 different species-group. My guess is that you have Orangeschwanz, but the female has an atypical ventral stripe.