Bitaeniata Shishita

[Champ_17]

 

[uberape]

the patterns on the last two pics look incredible. nice fish, they are very like cacatuoides to me. Are they closely linked?

 

[Champ_17]

the patterns on the last two pics look incredible. nice fish, they are very like cacatuoides to me. Are they closely linked?

I think its fin is high like Cacatuoides but not closely link with.however its color is really nice for me.

 

[Mike Wise]

No, A. cacatuoides and A. bitaeniata belong to 2 different species-groups and even in 2 different sub-lineages of the trifasciata-lineage. BTW when TomC & I collected in the Río Shishita we collected the form sold commercially as A. bitaeniata Curutu instead of A. bitaeniata Shishita.