Predatory Apistogramma ID please!

[Umbra]

Hi,

I was browsing the web and came across this fish on another forum:

http://www.oscarfish.com/forum/general-freshwater-advice/959-fish-eating-apistogramma.html

Has anybody ever seen anything like these before? Any additional information on them would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Mike Wise]

Based on the photos, I can't even say for certain that it is an apisto. Can you supply the website URL? Still, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a predatory apisto, especially in extreme blackwater areas where smaller foods are more rare. We see cleaning behavior (at least in the aquarium) in A. sp. Putzer/Cleaner which comes for such a biotope.

 

[Tom C]

...I was browsing the web and came across this fish on another forum:

I suppose it was found here: http://www.oscarfish.com/forum/general-freshwater-advice/959-fish-eating-apistogramma.html

Umbra: By publishing other people's photos/work, you are violating the Copyright laws, unless you have an explicit permission to do so. So I really hope you have a permission...

 

[Umbra]

Tom, I never thought about that. It looks like I can't edit my post, I'll PM a mod and have him/her remove the pictures and replace it with the URL instead

Mike, thanks for the reply! I'm assuming it's an undescribed species then? If so it'll be interesting to see where it falls in terms of classification.