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Unsure of apistogramma true ID

miktor

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Hi there, recently i bought a pair of Apistogramma Cruzi, at least that's the seller's info on theese fishes.
Altough - i leraned not to trust seller's, and so i would like to ask you about their true ID, are they Apistogramma Cruzi pair?, or maybe they aren't? maybe they are just 2 males or females of some different apistogramma group?.

Here are the pictures:
http://pl.fotoalbum.eu/miktor/a256327
 

Hudson Ensz

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I have heard that there are many sp. of Apistogramma often labeled as cruzi but in actuallity cruzi is very rare. Someone on here had an apisto site and he had a very good article about hunting cruzi, they are very rare and the cruzi (if what i have read is correct) is almost always misidentified.
I wont pretend i have ANY clue as to what the fish pictured really is but i doubt it is the real cruzi.
Hope this helped,
Hudson
 

Mike Wise

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Hudson is correct: the true (type) A. cruzi is not commercially collected and only hobbyist collected/produced fish are available in the hobby.

After looking at your photos, I believe that you have A. sp. Nanay/Melgar (not Papagei/Nanay). It would be helpful to see photos of a male.
 

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