Apisto ID please

[DWFISH]

Help me ID this please!

 

[blueblue]

Apistogramma gibbiceps

 

[rafael]

Yes, it seems A. gibbiceps.

 

[DWFISH]

is this the same as Apistogramma roraimae , i have the yellow face gibbiceps and it is holding the yellow in his face, while this one stays blue,

 

[Mike Wise]

No, A. roraimae is a different fish. A. roraimae has shorter dorsal & caudal extensions, finer & more regular abdominal streaks (instead of bars) even in the areas between the flank bars, and an irregularly shaped spot at the root of the tail that is separate from the lateral band.

A. gibbiceps grows longer dorsal & caudal extension, groups of broader abdominal streaks located where the flank bars occur (but, like A. iniridae, they can merge to make an broad, irregularly shaped abdominal band), and have a lateral band that extends into the base of the caudal fin.

 

[DWFISH]

thanks for the reply, This apisto stuff is getting like BN plecos, the local is a must now, and with all the color forms in one species.

 

[Mike Wise]

I know what you mean. There must be a half dozen color morphs of A. gibbiceps, as well as populations with spots in the caudal fin. And then there is A. agassizii ...