Is this A.Black Chin?

[kross]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/Apisto3c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/Apisto3a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/Apisto3.jpg

I think it is.... :wink:

 

[Mike Wise]

I can't say for certain what species this is. There aren't enough visible diagonstic features to make a positive ID. Photos of the females would be useful. That being said, I believe that the lips are too thin and the black throat patch too small to be A. sp. Schwarzkinn/Black-chin. Black-chin has orange/red lips. Although your photos are overly blue, I don't see orange lips. Looking at the fish - from what I see in the photos - they could be either A. cacatuoides or A. juruensis. The difference is that A. juruensis always shows a caudal spot that is completely separate from the lateral band. I'm not certain that I see this in your photos. Right now my gut feeling is that the fish belong to the gray color morph of A. cacatuoides.

 

[kross]

female.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/Apisto3afemale.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/Apisto3bfemale.jpg

 

[Mike Wise]

The lateral band is not entirely separated from the caudal spot. This indicates that the fish is most likely A. cacatuoides. Still, I am not positive. It could be the true A. juruensis. When the female is in brood dress A. juruensis does not show a black chin marking, while A. cacatuoides show a small patch, and Black-chin a very large patch. Under what name were they sold?

 

[kross]

Mike, they are sold as A.Juruensis.... but i just found out, yet again, they are A. sp. Schwarzkinn/Black-chin. :lol: argh...true A.Juruensis is so hard to come by here.... :x nevertheless, this A. sp. Schwarzkinn/Black-chin has got a few rays of red dorsal fins that i like.

those first 2 photos taken was when i just introduced the male to my tank.... could it be the stress that is causing it to be blue? :? (hmm...wish the blue would stay! ) on the following day, the male's yellow became intense....i guess he became accustomed to the water condition. that was when the black patch became obvious!

I will shoot another photo of the male....now.

 

[kross]

here goes....A. sp. Schwarzkinn/Black-chin. confirm?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/BC.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/bc1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Kkross/bc2.jpg