New photos of new apistos

[Hudson Ensz]

Enjoy i tried cropping them etc notify my if they are too small. i need a macro lens...

[Mike Wise]

Photos #1, 2, and 4 look like the same species to me; probably the population of A. sp. Abacaxis/"Wilhelmi" that originally was collected from the Rio Marimari. Photo #3 is probably a female A. agassizii. I agree, the lateral spot does appear more round than average - and there are some stripes in the tail - but A. agassizii has many, many different populations. So populations - and even individuals in a population - that show slightly different features. As for the last photo, all I can say is that it is an agassizii-like female. Females of A. agassizii and A. sp. Tefe are almost impossible to differentiate.

Do you buy your fish from a store? If so do they sell them under a name? Personally, if I lived in Manaus, I would try to buy directly from the collectors. Better yet, go with them and collect your own fish or have the local collectors collect them for you. This is what I did on my trip to Peru and Colombia.

[Hudson Ensz]

Thank you!!!

Photos #1, 2, and 4 look like the same species to me; probably the population of A. sp. Abacaxis/"Wilhelmi" that originally was collected from the Rio Marimari. Photo #3 is probably a female A. agassizii. I agree, the lateral spot does appear more round than average - and there are some stripes in the tail - but A. agassizii has many, many different populations. So populations - and even individuals in a population - that show slightly different features. As for the last photo, all I can say is that it is an agassizii-like female. Females of A. agassizii and A. sp. Tefe are almost impossible to differentiate.

Do you buy your fish from a store? If so do they sell them under a name? Personally, if I lived in Manaus, I would try to buy directly from the collectors. Better yet, go with them and collect your own fish or have the local collectors collect them for you. This is what I did on my trip to Peru and Colombia.

Thanks for the ids. i really want to go on a collecting expedition but i dont know if i could (parents) i am only 13. they do sell them under names
Apistogrammas they call apistogrammas
teanicaras they call apistogrammas
checkerboard cichlidsthey call Xadrezinho
They call pike cichlids Jacunda
They call peacock bass Tucunaré
They call all eartheater Geophagus etc... etc... etc... etc... etc...
I am really exited because i was able to collect a ton of Apistogramma gibbiceps up in boa vista. the females were hard but i got an adult male and a bunch of smaller males. i was able to get two females fortunately. i also broke my record, I was able to keep 8 fish (and two shrimp) bagged up, for 20 hours!!! i put them in ziplock bags and did regular waterchanges and only one male died. they are in a quarintine container, so i dont have pictures. i will post in my fish blog about it and will give you the address in a couple of days if you want it. its amazing how i got them.

Hudson ensz

[Mike Wise]

Hudson,

If you are allowed to go down to the port where the caboclos bring in fish, you might want to talk to them. They can give you a lot of information and even allow you to pick up some of their fish. You will pay more than they will get from the exporter, but less than the cost from a store.

[Hudson Ensz]

Hudson,

If you are allowed to go down to the port where the caboclos bring in fish, you might want to talk to them. They can give you a lot of information and even allow you to pick up some of their fish. You will pay more than they will get from the exporter, but less than the cost from a store.

Thanks again Mike wise.
Btw i just joined apistogramma.com but cant post pics larger then 3 kilibites do you know how? i dont have a photobucket account so that complicates things.

[Lisachromis]

Photobucket is free to join. Your other choice is to resize your photos before you upload them.