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No, the 2 species live in different parts of the Rio Negro, but both come from the same export stations/export stations. Cross contamination occurs frequently.
My real question is, is the fish in the first post really the same fish as that in the last post??? Body shapes are totally different, as are the dark markings. The fish in the bottom photo of the last post look like they might be A. cf. sp. Breitbinden (Rio Negro) A165.
For recent imports of the so called wild caught A. eliza from Brasil to Hong Kong, we found A. sp. Breitbinden, too...
These days, locality thing is tricky as the "wild caught" may no longer be real wild caught from the original
habitat.... I think you know what I mean....
Does both species elizabethae & sp. Breit. are sympatric in the rivers?
Congrats blueblue i think you are right !
I have now to find a male ! It won't be easy there....
Definitely not Tiquié; much too large for this species. It appears to be one of the Breitbinden forms. Being a female, I doubt that I could differentiate it from the standard Breitbinden forms. My guess is that it is A. sp. Breitbinden (Rio Negro) A 165, based on the dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. I could be wrong, of course.