patrick Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Does anyone have a clue as to what locale/variant this is? They do have quite a bit of yellow/gold on their heads, fins and body even though it does not show on these pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 There is absolutely no way of being certain on the collection location of any alto comp, unless you personally collected them yourself. The same holds true for most of the species collected in Lake Tanganyika. IMO yours look to be what are typically sold as Gold compressiceps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 There is absolutely no way of being certain on the collection location of any alto comp, unless you personally collected them yourself. The same holds true for most of the species collected in Lake Tanganyika. IMO yours look to be what are typically sold as Gold compressiceps. Yes I am leaning towards one of the "gold form", even some "gold head" variants look similar. I have noticed that there are quite a few of them. Some of them with single band and some double bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I just found out what they are. They are F1 A. compressiceps "Kagongo" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Good for you. It's nice to know where your fish are coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) At least you now know that the parents were sold as WC specimens, and that they originated through Old World Exotic. But I wouldn't put a lot of stock into any of the various trade names assigned to alto comps. Edited September 5, 2007 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 (edited) did you find that out from k9. this is mine when i got them. http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?act=f...amp;pid=2124025 Edited September 6, 2007 by geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 did you find that out from k9. this is mine when i got them.http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?act=f...amp;pid=2124025 Yes I did, nice fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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