Known collection location of Apistogramma agassizii?

[marle]

now.. which river does my apisto belong to?

[Cacatuoides]

Its most probably a farm bred Agassizii variant... is it labelled as Double Red or Super Red?

[illumnae]

knowing c328, it was probably just labelled "agassizii"

[Cacatuoides]

Then it should be the normal farm bred agassizii...

[benny]

Instead of specifically highlighting the bred specimen (which we all know), does any one here knows the range in which this species is collected from?

I've split out marle's post because this is a very interesting question, which will explain why this species goes from S$4 each to S$480 per pair.

Cheers,

[marle]

From what i gathered..

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin, along Amazon-Solimões River from Peru through Brazil to the Capim River basin.


Any thoughts why some are so expensive while some are not?

Is it due to the rarity factor?

[wiki]

A. agassiziis are commonly found throughout the Amazonas. Diff. locality could produce differing color variants. Prices of specimens are largely determined by locality and availability, whether they're commercially bred or wild collected. Origins play a part in pricing too.

Generally most wild specimens are now from Peruvian exporters, though Brazilian exports are more beautiful (Due to locality) and costs more. Commercially bred German stocks are also costly.

Specimens like the common man-made 'Double Reds' are commercially bred and prices remain stable. Whereas wild specimens like the A. agassizii 'Tefe' are likely to fetch 10 times more.