Gold Tier Jeff Rapps, Illustrious Aquaculturist

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After a lengthy conversation with Jeff, he as kindly provided me with the short list of fish that he has successfully bred. I feel that a member of the fishkeeping community of his stature should be recognized for his breeding accomplishments, even if it is a short list. ;)

S. American species
Aequidens diadema
A. hoehnei
A. metae
A. patricki
A. tetramerus

Andinoacara aequinoctialis
A. latifrons
A. pulcher
A. stalsbergi
A. sp. ‘Orinoco’

Astronotus ocellatus

Australoheros facetus
A. scitulus
A. sp. 'red Ceibal'
A. sp. 'oblongus'

Bujurquina mariae
B. robustus
B. vittata
B. sp. 'Para, Brazil'

Caquetaia krausii
C. myersi
C. spectabilis
C. umbrifera 'blue'
C. umbrifera 'green' (definitely a separate species from Colombian blue)

Cichlasoma amazonarum
C. bimaculatum
C. boliviense
C. dimerus
C. portalegrense

'Cichlasoma' atromaculatum
'C.' festae

Crenicichla frenata
Cr. Proteus

Geophagus altifrons
G. brasiliensis
G. iporagensis
G. itapicuruensis
G. parnaibae
G. pindare
G. steindachneri

Guianacara geayi
G. owroewefi
G. sphenozona

Gymnogeophagus australis
Gy. balzani
Gy. gymnogenys
Gy. labiatus
Gy. meridionalis
Gy. rhabdotus
Gy. setequedas

Heroina isonycterina

Heros efasciatus
H. notatus
H. severus 'Orinoco'
H. cf. severus 'Atabapo'

Hoplarchus psittacus

Hypselecara coryphaenoides
H. temporalis

Krobia guianensis
K. xinguensis

Laetacara araguaiae
L. dorsigera

Mesonauta insignis

Tahauntinsuyoa macanzatza

Teleocichla monogramma





C. Am cichlid species
Aequidens coeruleopunuctatus

Amatitlania kanna
A. nigrofasciata
A. siquia

Amphilophus amarillo
A. citrinellus
A. hogaboomorum
A. labiatus
A. lyonsi
A. sagittae
A. xiloaensis
A. zaliosus

Archocentrus centrarchus
A. multispinosa
A. spinosissimus

Astatheros alfari
A. calobrensis
A. longimanus
A. nourisatti
A. rhytisma
A. robertsoni
A. sp. 'red cheek robertsoni' = margaritifer?
A. rostratus

'Cichlasoma' beani
'C.' grammodes
'C.' istlanum (both red and green morphs)
'C.' salvini
'C.' trimaculatum

Cryptoheros cutteri
C. myrnae
C. nanoluteus
C. panamensis
C. sajica
C. septemfasciatus
C. spilurus

Geophagus crassilabrus

Herichthys bartoni
H. carpintis
H. cyanoguttatus
H. deppi
H. labridens 'yellow Media Luna'
H. sp. 'Tamul labridens'
H. sp. 'blue labridens'
H. minckleyi
H. pantostictus
H. tamasopoensis
H. sp. 'Poza Rica'

Hypsophrys nematopus
H. nicaraguensis

Nandopsis haitiensis
*N. ramsdeni – 3 pair produced tens of thousands of eggs over years. Learned later fish were sterilized prior to export from Europe…
N. tetracanthus

Parachromis dovii
P. friedrichsthalli
P. loisellei
P. managuensis
P. motaguensis

Paraneetroplus argentea
P. bifasciatus
P. breidohri
P. fenestratus
P. godmani
P. guttulatus
P. hartwegi
P. heterospilus
P. intermedius
P. maculicauda
P. melanurus
P. micropthalmus
P. regani
P. synspilus
P. tuyrensis
P. zonatus

Petenia splendida

Rocio octofasciata

Theraps coeruelus
T. irregularis
T. lentiginosus

Thorichthys aureus
T. cf. aureus ‘blue’
T. maculipinnis
T. meeki
T. pasionis
T. sp. 'Mixteco blue'
T. sp. 'Mixteco green'
T. sp. 'Mixteco gold'

Tomocichla seiboldi​

Asian species
Etroplus canarensis
E. maculatus
E. suratensis​

African species
Many years ago (1970s and early 80s) I kept and bred many mbuna that were brand new to the trade. I know that many of the common mbuna (mostly all called Pseudotrophus then) spawned in my tanks, but don't recall them all. Surely:
Aulonocara benschi (and other peacocks)

Iodotropheus sperengerae

Labeotropheus fullerborni
L. trewavasae

Labidochromis caeruleus

Melanochromis auratus
M. johanni

Metriaclima callainos
M. estherae
M. lombardoi

Pseudotrophus demasoni
P. elongatus
P. saulosi
P. socolofi

Astatotilapia latifasciatus

Chromidotilapia guntheri

Haplochromis sp. 'rock kribensis

Hemichromis elongatus
H. frempongi
H. guttatus
H. lifalili
H. sp. 'Guinea 1'

Oreochromis tanganicae

Paratilapia polleni
P. bleekeri

Pelvichachromis pulcher

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
Ps. nicholsi

Ptychochromis oligocanthus
P. grandidieri

Sarotherodon mossambicus
Steatocranus casuarius

Thysia ansorgii

Tilapia buttekoferi
T. mariae
T. joka​

non-cichlids
Potamotrygon motoro​

Some wild livebearers
Limia tridens
Poecilia gilli
Alfaro cultratus
Xiphophorus helleri​
 
his reputation proceeds him. yyyup.
 
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