Geophagus winemilleri
Status within Australia: No breeding pairs or colonies.
Other names: Geophagus sp. "Rio Negro I", Geophagus sp. "Stripetail"
Characteristics:



Breeding Behaviour:
It appears this species has 5 diagonal lateral stripes (similar to G. sp. "Rio Branco"), a black pre-opercular mark and a somewhat semi-striped caudal fin. Adults are quite easy to distinguish as they have quite a unique look.

Larvophilous.
Comments: The owner of the beautiful G. winemilleri pictured below brought five 5-6cm fish back in January 2005 as "Geophagus Aripuana (wild caught)". They turned out to be 1M / 4F, but sadly the lone male in this group has passed away. Some spawning activity (both parents held) has been observed but no fry have been reared.
International links: Cichlid-Forum Profile
Cichlid Room Companion Profile
FishBase Profile

http://www.harald-hecke.de/geophproximus.jpg
http://www.harald-hecke.de/geophagus1.jpg
http://www.aquanet.de/privat/albering/Rio-negro.htm
http://burnel.club.fr/Photos/Geophagus_winemilleri.html
http://www.amtra.de/images/GeophagusWinemilleri425.jpg
http://www.amazon-exotic-import.de/Gallerie/Cichliden/Seiten/Geophagus%20winemilleri.htm
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/new_geophagines.php
http://wfsc.tamu.edu/winemiller/lab/Geophagus_winemilleri.jpg
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1WVSYbEMa2U


Flash: No - Photographs courtesy of Phenomena.

These photographs are displayed in chronological order for your reference. Picture label 0501 means 2005 January, etc. The last unlabelled set are from November 2006.