Brazilian scientists have described a new species of seasonal killifish from the swamps of the upper São Francisco River drainage in central Brazil.

The new species, named Simpsonichthys punctulatus after the rows of blue dots on the flanks of the males (from the Latin punctum, meaning a small spot), is described in a paper by Wilson Costa and Gilberto Brasil published in the latest issue of the journal Vertebrate Zoology.

More: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?news=1334

Obviously named after me

Hmmm

Caryl swimming in a small tank... Interesting

Have you had chicken pox?

Yes I have Alan, plus I am a Simpson 8)

As I am not a male, I did not have blue spots on my flanks though

When did you last check?

For spots that is.

Grant does thorough checks regularly. I believe the last time was last night in the shower

Shouldn't you be checking him for spots?

Didn't know youse were peat spawners as well!!

Threesome

I assure you I do check him for spots as well zev. And are you implying my shower isn't as clean as it might be? I know I don't do housework if I can possibly avoid it but I have been known to clean the bathroom on occasion :lol:

I Googled for a pic of the fish and it is a nice looking specimen.

can we get any of the south american killifish in nz?

http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikati ... _57-61.pdf

Beware... it's a PDF, may take a while to load....

It is nice to read a thread with a sense of humour :lol:

I agree :lol:

can we get any of the south american killifish in nz?

Like what?

Any south american ones lol. like the ones on these sites.

http://www.killi.co.uk/SAmericanNonAnnuals.php

http://www.killi.co.uk/SAmericanAnnuals.php

you can get nigripinnis but they arent very common. join the NZKA if you are after rarer killis as you dont realy know who has what.... Chances are low though

the answer is yes

at leaset one spiece is around but they normally only go to breeders

Any south american ones lol. like the ones on these sites.

http://www.killi.co.uk/SAmericanNonAnnuals.php

http://www.killi.co.uk/SAmericanAnnuals.php

Who wants annuals when you can have perennials?

WHat does all the annual, perennial etc mean?I know nothing about killies.:oops:

Annual killies are the ones that live for a short period of time, and during that time breed hard out into the substrate (in an aquarium they are bred in peat) before the dry season comes and the lakes dry out and all the fish die, but when it rains again in a few months time all the eggs in the peat hatch, and grow, then the cycle starts again....

Non-annuals live like your average fish, and they will breed and their eggs will hatch within 10-14 days.

then theres semi-annuals, and as carla said perennials, which im not too sure on :lol:

Flagfish are supposedly annuals. Mine however live since years. The boy is HUGE now, looks like a cichlid and behaves like one too most of the time. I will soon class him as a "perennial"

So if i wanted some killies for a comm tank that would live for a while i would want to get non-annuals?

Correct. annuals do live for a fair amount of time, but they are called annuals because in the wild they are annual, as the drought kills them all....