Photos and price of new fish - Sept/08/2010

[simonfish]

Hi Charles,

Nice SA Cichlids, I like the adult Deamon. Have you took any photo on the Geo. Pellegrini-can you post the picture

[charles]

dont have any photo as the two were picked up in the bags where they came from.

[charles]

Hero appendicularis, thats the mouth brooder correct? he looks male to me, is he?

dont know if he is male or not. You can draw your own assumption with the photo.

[aquaboy71]

Not sure. There's so much conflicting information out there. I've read that rotkeils have bluer faces and stronger colour. Sometimes you read rotkeil and appendiculatus referred to as the same fish. Heros appendiculatus is also known as Heros efasciatus which is a non mouth brooding species. I think it's up to everyone to believe what they want to given all the information that's out there I always say, if you like the look, go for it.... assuming right size, gender, etc.

Really?

What is the difference apperence in the redsholder and red necked?

My mouth brooder looks very similar to that

[charles]

only 1 red hump adult left...

[charles]

Thanks to Rich (Canadapleco), he ID the pengiun looking tetra for me...

It is Hemiodopsis gracillis.

[2wheelsx2]

Those are interesting looking tetras. They grow large?

[charles]

5-6" apparently, they don't come by that much and great price I am offering...

[charles]

added photo of the Umbee or umbriferus

[Byron H]

Here are the photos as mentioned in my PM Charles. I see you've identified it, though the genus is Hemiodus, the genus Hemiodopsis is no longer valid. There are two colour forms, one having a red tail, both photos attached.

There are 29 described species in this genus and several as-yet undescribed. Seven species have been recorded in the Rio Negro. Photos are few and far between, but Matt at Seriously Fish has (I think) five species included in their database. These fish attain 6+ inches.

Hemiodopsis is listed as a junior synonym for Hemiodus in Reis, Kullander & Ferraris (2003), but I haven't yet tracked down the scientific reason. Eschmeyer at the California Academy now lists Hemiodopsis as invalid.

Byron.