Peruvian Angelfish

[novafishy]

Here's a pic of my Peruvian angel. I just love the reddish/orange tinge in its body.

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[Merrilyn]

Oh yes, that's lovely.

My peruvians don't have as much red/orange colouring, but have the same dished nose, and erect fins.

I guess the colouring is determined by the area they come from. Gorgeous fish.

Where did you get it from? It's looks very familiar :wink:

Fantastic photography too :P

[DR.V]

Awsome photograph !! What camera are you using ?

Nice fish too btw.

[Namn8r]

How are peruvians to care for, are they much easier than Altums? And what sort of price range?

[novafishy]

Thanks guys.

Merrilyn - I purchased 5 from an LFS which had them labelled as "Pene Angelfish". I've never heard of Pene angels, but i knew they looked different to the P.scalare, so i bought them. Bloody cheap they were.
Guess i was at the right place at the right time.

I'm not too sure on price, any one else know?

[Ben]

nova thats a Stunning fish mate!
Excellent handy work with the photography!

Cheers
Ben

[Mulisha]

I'll get a better pic my camera is away on holidays with my bro in Thailand 8-)

This is mine... :D

[Namn8r]

where did you get yours from ric?

[novafishy]

nice angel!
how big is he/she?
how many have u got?
what size tank?

[Dee]

Hi Novafishy,

Thats a great angel, i'm a big fan of the peruvian angels ... well done :D Love the colouring and markings.

Cheers,

Dee :D

[ziku1]

hey novafishy
where abouts is ure lfs
or anybody know where i can get some in sydney

thanks

[the_oracle]

COOL fishes, guys.............
Keep the pics. coming..................


Sanie.

[*Chris*]

some of these pics popping up sure do look like dumerellis angels?????

[novafishy]

what are dumerellis angels?

ziku: i can't remember which Lfs i bought it from, but it was somewhere down south, as it was 2-3 yrs ago.

[Reillin]

Pterophyllum dumerili is now classified as Pterophyllum leopoldi.

They have quite a distinct shape with a black dot under and behind the dorsal. A rather distinct looking angel. None of the fish shown are P. leopoldi.


Cheers,
Vien.

[*Chris*]

i beg to differ on that one mate
lepoldi have red dots up and down the second half of there body the first pic posted has exactly that trait
peruvians on the other hand have a very straight two tone color
i have seen all these angels day in and day out as they all used to come into AI where i worked
i have recently seen lepoldi and they look nothing like dumerellis
dumerellis are beaked angels with the coloring of an altum
lepoldi have red spots and patterning on there bodies not to mention have an extremely dished face
two differant traits in my books and i am sure other will confirm
EXAI

[Reillin]

I'm not sure about what goes into AI and what AI listed or even the trade has isn't necessarily correct. But the naming is an icthyology field. Scientist deemed that the dumerili is made redundant and the new name, leopoldi replaces it.

Cheers,
Vien.

[Reillin]

Here is a link on taxonomy. You will notice that there are only 3 species
of the genus Pterophyllum.

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169844

Some of the older books will use dumerilii. And this trade name is still used amongst exporters of fish. Old habits die hard and there are still people running around using Haplochromis to describe varying species of cichlids.

Cheers,
Vien.

[Reillin]

Debate aside, the Peruvian angel is stunning. There were some Peruvians in Melbourne going for about $20. I may have to grab some when they are next available.

It's amazing how breeding different patterns can be interesting and then after a period, people revert back to the orginal shape and colours of the fish. Mother nature knows best. :)

Cheers,
Vien.

[Merrilyn]

Wonder if they were mine :o

Several aquarium shops in Melbourne have bought peruvians off me.

[Mulisha]

Wonder if they were mine :o

Several aquarium shops in Melbourne have bought peruvians off me.

Well u are the Angel Queen :wink: :wink:

[endless]

This might be a stupid question but how do u take such awesome pictures and how do u make the background completely black?

[enigma]

Here's a pic of my Peruvian angel. I just love the reddish/orange tinge in its body.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/novafishy1/peruvian01-1.jpg

is something missing here???? i thought i made it clear last time? :roll:

[Merrilyn]

Care to explain enigma ???

[enigma]

i'm just getting too possessive about my photos!!! :evil:

[Merrilyn]

Ahhhhh thought I recognised the quality of the work.

Novafishy if this pic was taken by enigma, then it is only right and correct that he is acknowledged as the photographer.

It is also polite to ask his permission to post his work.

Please attend to this. Thanks.