This is really such an excellent Central American fish documentary, thank you so much! I will say this: the convict cichlid is probably just one of those animals that simply has a wide range, so some variation is to be expected. These different types probably should not have been elevated to the species level. They’re just regional variants, and should at most be considered subspecies, eg - A. nigrofasciata nigrofasciata, A. nigrofasciata kanna, A. nigrofasciata siquia, etc. I think this taxonomic inflation is just out of control.
Yes AZ there is a lot of work in a video like this, but feels good with all this nice comments. And I hope people will find inspiration for setting up their aquarium. Thank you aswell.
This is fantastic and so enjoyable to watch. One thing would've been useful, which is the water parameters in each location, TDS, temperature and pH. I'm not complaining though because this video was so good.
Hi Hans! You did a wonderful report on the species of the Amatitlania genus! Of course, wild specimens are spectacular in their native habitats. Happy Sunday
I don't even really care about cichlids but the way you present them and their environment is somehow fascinating. Just the right amount of geographical info and local quadcopter establishing shots to really make the detailed underwater stuff feel like part of a unique place. And that's not even mentioning the beautiful underwater video.
@@cichlidsinthewild I most certainly did, and took the liberty to share it on a national aquarium page on Facebook. I will be looking into more of your videos here on UA-cam.
What a terrific summary of a fascinating species, the one that introduced me to cichlid breeding. Are the color morphs that were seen in the hobby years ago such as Kongo, calico and Honduran red point seen anywhere in habitat? I have a 15-year-old video of my Honduran red points on my channel. Congratulations on getting to explore Costa rica, the fish and the plants and with excellent narration and the music at 36 minutes was punctuation.
The former two to my knowledge have not been found in the wild. The "honduran red point" variant was collected in 1989. In my own personal research and experimentation I have found that the gene that makes them blue is a polygenic (for the most part recessive) mutation, similar to that found in the electric blue acaras. I believe they happened to find a small population of these recessive blue individuals, not as extreme as they are now, but enough to stand out and be collected, and later be bred into what they are today. This "true" honduran red point was originally collected from the Rio los almendros, which is a tributary of the Rio patuca that runs through the town of Danli (hence where you will see "rio danli" thrown around).
Thank you for your nice comment. That location is stil in the Rio Cocotis, just a site pool. This location is the type locality of A. myrnae but more of this species in an other video.
@@cichlidsinthewildThat's very interesting! I'm very interested in that video, since I'm building a biotope around the A. Myrnae. Is that video in making, and not released, or somewhere else on the web I haven't found?
@@dnbiotopesto edit a video of A. Myrnae is on my list. But the habitat of A.myrnae is the same as the habitat of the convict out of the Rio Cocotis. But in the near future I will make a video of A.myrnae
Very tricky to ID coatepeque, nigrofasciata, siquia and kanna in an aquarium. I'll just call them Convict Cichlids. Thanks for this video. How about the Honduran Red Point? Is it a hybrid Convict Cichlid?
Thanks for your compliment. No, identifying those three species is not easy, especially when they are not yet mature. Amatitlania sp. 'honduras red point' is not a hybrid and occurs in Hoduras Rio Danli. It is still the question whether it is an independent species or a color morph of A. nigrofaciatus.
@cichlidsinthewild I see. Well by just looking at them Honduran Red Points, they look closely related to Convicts but only bluer in color and have a distinctive pointed dorsal fin tip. I love cichlids but right now I am more into the Archocentrus / Amatitliana family because they don't require huge tanks. Hard to clean huge tanks.
This is really such an excellent Central American fish documentary, thank you so much!
I will say this: the convict cichlid is probably just one of those animals that simply has a wide range, so some variation is to be expected. These different types probably should not have been elevated to the species level. They’re just regional variants, and should at most be considered subspecies, eg - A. nigrofasciata nigrofasciata, A. nigrofasciata kanna, A. nigrofasciata siquia, etc. I think this taxonomic inflation is just out of control.
Brilliant footage and information. Thank you!
Thanks Fishtory for your compliment, and good to hear you enjoyed the video.👍
You do for this world really a lot! Thank you.
Yes AZ there is a lot of work in a video like this, but feels good with all this nice comments. And I hope people will find inspiration for setting up their aquarium. Thank you aswell.
This is fantastic and so enjoyable to watch. One thing would've been useful, which is the water parameters in each location, TDS, temperature and pH. I'm not complaining though because this video was so good.
Thanks Matt, I am happy you enjoyed the video.
Hi Hans! You did a wonderful report on the species of the Amatitlania genus! Of course, wild specimens are spectacular in their native habitats. Happy Sunday
Thanks allot Marco. I am happy you enjoyed the video.😊
It was a great video! Good editing and interesting biotopes for filming Neotropical cichlids.
Thanks Denis.👍
you are an invaluable resource Hans
Thanks Twas, I hope with this video that the aquarists will find inspiration to mimic a beautiful habitat for their beloved cichlids.
Great info and video, which i will watch completely soon.
Thanks Erik. I hope you will enjoy it.
Thank you!
I don't even really care about cichlids but the way you present them and their environment is somehow fascinating. Just the right amount of geographical info and local quadcopter establishing shots to really make the detailed underwater stuff feel like part of a unique place. And that's not even mentioning the beautiful underwater video.
Wow nice comment, thanks allot. Feels good after 3 months of work.
Great work. Thanks
What a great piece of work. Just amazing - and I’m only 15 minutes into this video. 😃👌
Thanks Kasper, hopefully you enjoyed the full video.
@@cichlidsinthewild I most certainly did, and took the liberty to share it on a national aquarium page on Facebook. I will be looking into more of your videos here on UA-cam.
Thanks there is a lot of inspiration to find for aquarist’s to mimic a beautiful habitat. And that’s my intention with this channel.
Thank you! 😍
What a terrific summary of a fascinating species, the one that introduced me to cichlid breeding. Are the color morphs that were seen in the hobby years ago such as Kongo, calico and Honduran red point seen anywhere in habitat?
I have a 15-year-old video of my Honduran red points on my channel.
Congratulations on getting to explore Costa rica, the fish and the plants and with excellent narration and the music at 36 minutes was punctuation.
The former two to my knowledge have not been found in the wild. The "honduran red point" variant was collected in 1989. In my own personal research and experimentation I have found that the gene that makes them blue is a polygenic (for the most part recessive) mutation, similar to that found in the electric blue acaras. I believe they happened to find a small population of these recessive blue individuals, not as extreme as they are now, but enough to stand out and be collected, and later be bred into what they are today. This "true" honduran red point was originally collected from the Rio los almendros, which is a tributary of the Rio patuca that runs through the town of Danli (hence where you will see "rio danli" thrown around).
amazing footage. 👏👌👌
Thanks, 🙏
Wonderful video! Enjoyed it from beginning to end!
Have you ever encountered any wild specimens of Cribroheros Rythisma in Costa Rica?
Thank you, I only have seen one in the Rio Cocotis typelocatie of C. Rythisma, but I have seen many in Panama.
Amazing as usual. I think I spot parachromis dovii in the first half of the video
Thanks AMX yes you did indeed spot P. dovi.
@@cichlidsinthewild do you have videos documented on p.dovii
Awesome footage! What is that invasive submerged plant (14:25)? Thank you! Subscribed.
Thanks for your comment, that aquatic invasive plant is Hydrilla verticillata. I found them in several rivers in CR.
@@cichlidsinthewild Thank you very much. I keep biotope aquariums and have a set up based on the San Carlos River basin in CR.
Beautiful and very insightful video! Thank you 🙏 Is there a name of the small tributary where you find the breeding pair if of A. Myrnae? At 38:10
Thank you for your nice comment. That location is stil in the Rio Cocotis, just a site pool. This location is the type locality of A. myrnae but more of this species in an other video.
@@cichlidsinthewildThat's very interesting! I'm very interested in that video, since I'm building a biotope around the A. Myrnae. Is that video in making, and not released, or somewhere else on the web I haven't found?
@@dnbiotopesto edit a video of A. Myrnae is on my list. But the habitat of A.myrnae is the same as the habitat of the convict out of the Rio Cocotis. But in the near future I will make a video of A.myrnae
Do you have any data on the Rio Cocotis, by the way?
If you mean waterparameters, no I don’t.
Very tricky to ID coatepeque, nigrofasciata, siquia and kanna in an aquarium. I'll just call them Convict Cichlids. Thanks for this video. How about the Honduran Red Point? Is it a hybrid Convict Cichlid?
Thanks for your compliment. No, identifying those three species is not easy, especially when they are not yet mature. Amatitlania sp. 'honduras red point' is not a hybrid and occurs in Hoduras Rio Danli. It is still the question whether it is an independent species or a color morph of A. nigrofaciatus.
@cichlidsinthewild I see. Well by just looking at them Honduran Red Points, they look closely related to Convicts but only bluer in color and have a distinctive pointed dorsal fin tip. I love cichlids but right now I am more into the Archocentrus / Amatitliana family because they don't require huge tanks. Hard to clean huge tanks.
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