mpedersen
(Matt Pedersen)
4/13/11 10:52 PM
Dale, I think we'd be happy to enter in this species. However, the fish you have in question aren't A. endekataenia. You can figure it out pretty quickly on the basis of patterning - there are fish that are much closer. Your fish are one of two species. My first guess is A. chrysopomus, and the other is A. sealei. In my references, your fish are dead ringers for the photograph of A. sealei in my Burgess Atlas. However, S. Michael's book, your fish is clearly A. chrysopomus and the Fishbase images would match that (which would mean that A. sealei in my old Burgess book is an incorrect photo/name pairing). See http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=58153&genusname=Apogon&speciesname=chrysopomus and http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6230&genusname=Apogon&speciesname=sealei . According to S. Micheal - "Both species have orange markings on the gill covers, lines on the body,and a black spot on the caudal peduncle. In A. chrysopmus there are orange spots on the gill cover and "cheeks", while in A. sealei the gill cover is adorned with orange bars and has no markings on the cheaks". Furthermore, the range might be more indicative of A. chrysopomus (Indonesia and Philippines) vs. A. sealei (Slomons, Ryukus, GBR).
Duck
(Dale Pritchard)
4/14/11 12:44 AM
In that case Matt, could You change the request to Chrysopomus, or do I complete another request?
mpedersen
(Matt Pedersen)
4/14/11 12:54 AM
Leave this one, and request the other. We'll just put this one in too I suppose...