Ap.bitaneata.maniti

[edwliang]

Ap.bitaneata.maniti

 

[raymond82]

Very nice fish!!! Really nice pictures too!

Is maniti the name of a location where the fish was found?

 

[Mike Wise]

I believe that "Maniti" is a misspelling of the name of the Río Maniti, a small river that enters the Amazon near Iquitos Peru.

 

[raymond82]

Thanks Mike, it's good to know the names of all these beautiful color forms of bitaeniata, who knows when they will be offered...

 

[Mike Wise]

Sorry, but I misspelled the name of the river. It is the Rio Manati, not Maniti.

 

[Tom C]

Sorry, but I misspelled the name of the river. It is the Rio Manati, not Maniti.

Are we talking about the same river? .....

 

[Mike Wise]

Now, I'm not really sure which river these A. bitaeniata are from. The Río Manati is a small river that is just outside of Iquitos in the white sands area. It's known as a location for petrified wood (Pebas Formation). Being a paleobiologist at heart, this was the first place I though about. The Río Maniti is not far from Iquitos either. Its mouth on the Amazon is just upstream from where the Río Napo joins with the Amazon. When in doubt, I'll accept the original spelling and that the Maniti is where these fish are from.

 

[edwliang]

Thank you, Mike and Tom.