carla Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Obviously named after me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Hmmm Caryl swimming in a small tank... Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Have you had chicken pox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 When did you last check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 For spots that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Grant does thorough checks regularly. I believe the last time was last night in the shower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Shouldn't you be checking him for spots? Didn't know youse were peat spawners as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Threesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 can we get any of the south american killifish in nz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikati ... _57-61.pdf Beware... it's a PDF, may take a while to load.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 It is nice to read a thread with a sense of humour :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I agree :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 can we get any of the south american killifish in nz? Like what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 the answer is yes at leaset one spiece is around but they normally only go to breeders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted August 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 WHat does all the annual, perennial etc mean?I know nothing about killies.:oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted August 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 So if i wanted some killies for a comm tank that would live for a while i would want to get non-annuals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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