ever HEARD of these??

[Apistt_ed]

Wild Agasizzis from Rio Tapojos... what do they look like... colors, etc.. I'm supposed to be picking them up this weekend at the Greater Chicago Cichlid Ass. Swap MEET... any info be'd great. thanks

 

[Melvin_Lim]

hi

i used to own a pair but they died on me after 1 year

looks similar to agassizi alenquer.
can't remember the exact differences as it was a couple of years ago.

alenquer:

http://www.apistogramma.com/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=44

cheers

 

[Apistt_ed]

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THANKS MUCH!!

 

[Mike Wise]

There appear to be 2 forms related to A. agassizii from the Rio Tapajos. One is like the Alenquer & Xingu "net" forms of A. agassizii. The other, called A. cf. agassizii Tapajos by Koslowski (2002) has a much broader black marginal band around the tail, with a narrower white submarginal band. The white band is often broken up into dashes. The interior of the tail fin is composed of white dashes on a darker background. Sometimes the lower dashes are orange instead of white. There is a photo by Warzel of this form in Romer's Atlas (p. 255, top). It shows a young specimen since this form can develop extremely elongated dorsal, anal, & caudal fins. For those how have a copy of Yamazaki, et al. (1997), there is a photo of the form on p. 30 (bottom).

Mike Wise