Amphilophus margaritifer

[dogofwar]

Could you provide the citation for this article... looks interesting.

It appears that - in classic Axelrod-era TFH fashion - the pictures are a mix of stock pictures (from various authors), so the fish pictured aren't necessarily the actula fish described in the text (by the actual author).

Matt

Matt

Sorry for bumping old threads but won some old TFH magazines from our local fish auction recently. And while going through the November 1989 issue a fish kinda stood out and made me remember about this thread.

Sorry mods feel free to erase this post if voilates anything.


Don't know if this picture has already been posted but here's picture of fish.

Here's pictures of some of the other fishes from same article.

Would love to own a JD like this handsome specimen.

I believe from reading, locations of these fishes were from Belize and Guatemala.
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[NorCaliCichlids]

The fish in question does appear to be a different one than in the Conkel book so that's a step in the right direction at least.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Could you provide the citation for this article... looks interesting.

It appears that - in classic Axelrod-era TFH fashion - the pictures are a mix of stock pictures (from various authors), so the fish pictured aren't necessarily the actula fish described in the text (by the actual author).

Matt

Matt

Don Conkel was the author of this article and all photos except the ones on this page was taken by him.

Tropical Fish Hobbyist ISSN 0041-3259 Vol. XXXVVIII, No. 3 (#405) November , 1989


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[dogofwar]

Thanks - I can't figure out if TFH has online access to back issues (I have a TFH digital subsciption)...

Matt

 

[Nandus]

Anyone know anything about these guys? I just found a photo in a PowerPoint slide show of Don Conkel's fish.

Don has them labeled as Astatheros margaritiferus, while www.cichlidae.com and www.fishbase.org have them as Amphilophus margaritifer, and their only photo is of the holotype.

Fishbase info here

Don's PowerPoints here

The photo looks like nothing I've ever seen.

Is this what they actually look like? Don has been known to miss label fish and even push hybrids, but I want that fish (if it's the real deal).

This fish has been confirmed to be real. The species has been reassigned to the genus Astatheros along with iy"s close relative Astatheros macracanthus.

The species has veen reassigned to the genus http://www.cichlidae.com/species.php?id=486

 

[Toiletcar]

This fish has been confirmed to be real. The species has been reassigned to the genus Astatheros along with iy"s close relative Astatheros macracanthus.

The species has veen reassigned to the genus http://www.cichlidae.com/species.php?id=486

Yes, I read this. But are they now cribroheros? The astherheros genus was split up, and most are cribroheros now.