Apistogramma male.

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Hi I've been meaning to post pics to discover which species of Apistogramma I have here are some poor quality pics of the male. Any ideas appreciated.
 

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Looks more like a nannacara anomala to be honestm, judging by the blue face, long fins, goldish coloring and lateral stripe
 
Okay I'll need to try and get some better photos then and try and get the little female lined up for a photo shoot because its definitely Apistogramma.

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How do you know it's definitely apistogramma? Because I'm unaware of an apisto with a blue head like that
 
You are correct I bought it as Apistogramma sp. From a reputable local bred only aquatic store. It turns out the tank was mislabelled. Thanks for the id. Appreciated

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Lol no problem, I own one myself and it's a pretty easily recognizable fish IMO. A great species if you have enough room, otherwise they can be a bit feisty from my experiences
 
My pair are in a 63.5 gal with dither fish for 4 months all seems good. The male does occasionally chase the rummynose school otherwise no issues.

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My pair are in a 63.5 gal with dither fish for 4 months all seems good. The male does occasionally chase the rummynose school otherwise no issues. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
those rummynose.. Always getting in the way! My apisto's try to chase my new Pleco out of the cave, he doesn't budge, than apisto get ahhpisttooo and takes it out On my rummys haha. Silly stuff..
 
Oh brookster I'm glad you found this thread looks as though my pair of apistogramma are nannacara anomala. This is the mystery cleared up and everyone don't rely on tank labels. :(

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Oh brookster I'm glad you found this thread looks as though my pair of apistogramma are nannacara anomala. This is the mystery cleared up and everyone don't rely on tank labels. :( Sent from my GT-I9195 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
hello! I've see. Plenty of mislabeled fish at the big box stores, I always google them first. Well they can't all be apisto's haha, they're still very cool looking fish!
 
This wasn't even a big box store, very small local store. They close Monday and Tuesday and I went in first thing Wednesday as that was my only day off work that week. I think I shopped before the tank labels were updated it's my fault though. I'm still happy with what I've got.

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To be honest, I'd take these over many of the widely available apisto species, the males are amazing looking IMO
 
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