Apisto ID needed

[Boleslaw Gawel]

This is my first post on this forum, so Hello everybody.

I would like to identify fishes on these pictures.

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ccc.jpg


http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/eee.jpg


and, the bigger one one the photo below:


http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/fff.jpg


Can anybody help me?

Sorry for the quality of the pictures. These are the only ones I have.


Bolek

 

[Mike Wise]

Bolek,

Your fish is one of the species that belongs to the resticulosa-complex. It probably is A. sp. Cheek-spots/Wangenflecken. I would need to see more photos to be absolutely certain.

 

[Boleslaw Gawel]

Thank you Mike,
I moved some to another tank and took pictures of a male.

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/reta.jpg

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ret1a.jpg

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ret2a.jpg

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/reta3.jpg

In order to give you an idea about the size of this specimen, here are its pictures with Ram and trifasciata

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ret4a.jpg

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ret5a.jpg


If there is a detail of its body which is especially important from diagnostic point of view, please let me know, I will try and take picture of this part.


Thank you

Bolek

 

[Boleslaw Gawel]

I am sorry, the third link is incorrect. Thios one should work:


http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/ret3a.jpg


Bolek

 

[Mike Wise]

Bolek,

I am fairly certain that this is A. sp. Spotted-cheeks/Wangenflecken. Unlike most populations of the A. taeniata/resticulosa superspecies, A. sp. Spotted-cheeks has an unpatterned caudal fin. It also has a slighly narrower, longer lateral band (extends into Bar 7; in other forms it rarely extends past Bar 6). Your fish do not show the usual rusty red spots on the gill covers, but this is not a diagnostic feature for Spotted-cheeks. A. sp. Spotted-cheeks lives on the Ihla de Marajó, the large island at the mouth of the Amazon River. It is usually exported from Belém.

 

[Boleslaw Gawel]

Thank you again Mike,

Your fish do not show the usual rusty red spots on the gill covers, but this is not a diagnostic feature for Spotted-cheeks

I just looked at one of the other males from the same spawn (as the one presented on the pictures). The other male has couple of red spots on both his gill covers.


By the way, when trying to identfy my fishes i was in contact with another apisto-fan from Poland. It turned out that he had very similarly looking apistos. You can see them under the links:

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/KK1.jpg

http://apisto.pl/misc/bolek/KK2.jpg

Based on your description posted here and my observation of those fishes I guess that these fishes belong to the same species as mine. Am I correct?

The sources we both got our fishes from are independent, that is why I am asking.

Thanx,

Bolek

 

[Mike Wise]

Bolek,

Your friend's fish will grow noticably larger than your fish. He has A. cf. eunotus Orange-tail/Orangeschwanz.