Apisto from RVA

[leeruisheng]

Hi there,

Just to share. Was browsing RVA website (http://www.rva.jp) and this apisto made me drool. Any apisto that's red always seems to get me attract to. Is it a bitaerniata? First time saw this colouration.



Cheers

[Cacatuoides]

doesn't look like a bitaeniata to me....the dorsal look like that of a trifasciata but the coloration and head shape doesn't match....which page of RVA you saw this pic?

[leeruisheng]

under the rva buying stocklist.

[Cacatuoides]

Wilson, I didn't know you could read japanese??

Is there a name given beside the picture?

[leeruisheng]

no totally clueless about japanese. anyway there's the link http://www.rva.jp/webshop/1-1fish.htm. Then find this 区分選択 : アピストグラマ. located on the third row.

cheers man

[Cacatuoides]

oh okok.....i'm really impressed by the beautiful pictures but lost in the japanses words!!!

[ccs]

I believe it is more of cacatuoides group

[joopsg]

it is a juruensis i think

[Cacatuoides]

the coloration is confusing everyone.....
dorsal of cacas....
body and head shape like juruensis....

[futoi71]

Bros according to this page on the same site
http://www.rva.jp/apisto/32174.htm
its suppose to be A agassizii

[valice]

Bros according to this page on the same site
http://www.rva.jp/apisto/32174.htm
its suppose to be A agassizii

It is a totally different fish!
A. agassizii don't have the raised dorsal fins...

I believe that this fish has not fully developed its caudal fin... It would give us a clue whether it is a jurensis or not...

Btw wilson, according to the link you gave, and the 3 row you mentioned (although my browser can't display the picture for don't know what reason), the katagana says that they are agassizii... Can provide the actual link to the page where you got the picture?

Anyway, here is one spectacular A. agassizii... Loved the yellow at the top of the dorsal... Photo also courtesy of rva.jp



According to the site, it is a A. agassizii 'Januaca'

[leeruisheng]

Hi Vincent,

Can't show you the actual link. Cause every different apisto page shows the same link which is http://www.rva.jp/webshop/1-1fish.htm. Maybe you could follow the steps circled in red. Hope this helps.

[valice]

So it is the one of the 'x' boxes now in the 3rd row right?
Then the katagana there says it is an agassizii... But it will be weird to have a aga with a caca finnage...

Must ask those with more experience... Is that possible?

[leeruisheng]

No, miscommunication. It 's the 2nd pic on the 1st row of apisto pics.

[valice]

In that case, according to the website, it is Apistogramma arua.

More info on it. From www.apistogramma.com
Group: Cacatoides
Complex: Cacatuoides (probably explains the distinctive finnage)


This small species has a brown to gray base color with blue specks on the cheek. Two rows of light square blotches bordering (above and below) the lateral line may be seen, depending on the mood. Especially females may display dual or singular lateral spot(s) during reproductive times. The head is large with a deep body.
The dorsal fin on adult males may be quite high with long first membranes that are colored red. A red line may edge the top of the entire fin. Males exhibit a lyreate caudal fin, which is truncate until maturity. Females retain a truncate fin in adulthood. There is also a series of specks in the back half of the anal fin in males. Females are generally smaller and have less-developed extension in the fins.
Römer sites the possible relationship of this species to both cacatuoides-compex fish and the trifasciata-group, indicating the possibility that A. arua is somewhat of a "missing link" between the two species types.

References:


Römer, Uwe. Cichlid Atlas Volume I. Mergus Verlag GmbH, 2000; 1st English Edition, 2001/2002. 1311 pp. ISBN 3-88244-056-2

[yorky]

Honestly, the finnage of this fish is very nice.
However, except for the bluish gill plates, A. arua is usually rather plain looking in colour. I suspect the lighting during the photography has played a large part in this case.

[benny]

I suspect the lighting during the photography has played a large part in this case.

Spoken like a true connoisseur...

Cheers,

[valice]

Benny, did you colour tune the original picture?
Errr... It looks weird... So that's the true colour of Apistogramma arua? Just that the flash brought out the reds?

[benny]

Benny, did you colour tune the original picture?
Errr... It looks weird... So that's the true colour of Apistogramma arua? Just that the flash brought out the reds?

No. I just reduced the exposure. The original was overexposed.

Cheers,

[yorky]

So that's the true colour of Apistogramma arua? Just that the flash brought out the reds?

this fish no colour lah.. even for the finnage.. at most the tip of dorsal is red (like A. trifasciata's dorsal tip)
Apologies if I'm a joy-killer.
Just want to level-set expectations.