Apistogramma cf Regani?? Wild Columbian Apistogramma.

[RustedKnight]

Hi all, i'm doing this to help out a member on another forum, asking for ID on this Apisto;

It was apparently collected in Columbia, I'm fairly confident that this fish is from the Regani complex, but I don't think it is Regani itself, hence why I believe this fish is cf Regani.

Can someone confirm or deny this please? Many thanks in advance, Rusty.

 

[aquaticclarity]

Can you try reloadig the pictures? Maybe they need to be down sized a little? Right now the pictures just show up as white boxes with a red "X" through them.

 

[arodg12]

Yes, or link them to another site, they are not coming up.

 

[RustedKnight]

Well i hosted the images on Imageshack and now I can't see them on this site, whereas i could see the ones before..

Right, i've hosted them on photobucket.

 

[Mike Wise]

Based on the 4 photos, which don't show many diagnostic features, I doubt that they are from Colombia nor are they a regani-complex species. It looks very much like a eunotus-complex species, probably A. cf. eunotus from around Iquitos. That dark gill cover is quite typical, as are the width of the vertical bars, moderately high dorsal fin with slightly serrated top, the shape of the caudal spot, and the orange pectoral spot.

 

[RustedKnight]

cf Eunotus was thrown around, it is incredibly similar.

 

[RustedKnight]

Well i've told the user your verdict, and asked for clearer photos if possible. Thanks for your help as always Mike.