Lake Wanam Rainbowfish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Lake Wanam has been the subject of a management project co-ordinated by famous aquarist Heiko Bleher, who became concerned by an apparent drop in numbers of both this species and the barred rainbowfish (Chilatherina fasciata), which is also found in the lake. The drop in numbers is thought to be a result of the introduction of non-native Tilapia, Gambusia and carp species into the lake, along with a significant increase in the number of humans living in the area. G. wanamensis is now considered …
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Flag Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Flag Cichlids are enduringly popular in the hobby and can be found in most aquatic stores. Interestingly, this species is not the species most commonly sold as the Flag cichlid. It is usually m. insignis that makes it into dealers tanks….
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Rio Negro Chocolate Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
This species is much rarer in the trade than the only other member of the genus, H. temporalis. If the collection locality of the fish is known, identification of the species is easy, as the distribution of the two appears not to overlap in nature. Failing this, distinguishing physical characteristics include body shape, as H. coryphaenoides is a more elongate fish than the quite squat-looking H. temporalis. There are also differences in colour and patterning, although these are less reliable me…
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Rainbow Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Relatively common in the hobby, the Rainbow Cichlid makes an ideal CA cichlid for those who do not wish to manage the challenge of the more aggressive CA species.
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Texas Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Like many cichlids, members of the genus Herichthys share something of a confused taxonomic past. Erected in 1854 with H. cyanoguttatus the type species, its members were moved into Cichlasoma by Regan in 1905. However following a reclassification of Cichlasoma by Kullander in 1983 it was once again deemed valid. In 1996 Kullander suggested Herichthys should only contain species "sharing a colour pattern of short vertical bars or black spots posteriorly from the middle of the side, and a un…
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Spotted Severum
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
A rarely seen, although attractive member of the severum family. This species is occasionally offered for sale through specialist cichild or South American dealers.
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Striped Dwarf Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Nannacara taenia is rarely seen for sale in local aquatic stores. Largely, because it is a fairly unremarkable fish, tending towards a drab brown appearance. You are more likely to obtain this fish through specialist cichlid dealers or amateur enthusiasts….
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Zebra Acara
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
This species was previously included in the genus Nannacara before being moved to the newly-erected taxon Ivanacara by Römer and Hahn (2006)….
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Red Rainbowfish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
Also known as the salmon-red or New Guinea rainbowfish, this is one of the most popular rainbows in the hobby. Unfortunately, the colouration of today's mass-bred specimens is not even close to the spectacular wild fish. If you can find wild specimens they are well worth it.
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Threadfin Rainbowfish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
There also exists a sister-group relationship between the Melanotaeniidae and Malagasy family Bedotiidae, which may seem surprising given their respective modern-day distributional patterns. The precise origin and subsequent dispersal of the two families has been the subject of debate, with some palentologists suggesting that Madagascar’s freshwater fishes derived froma trans-oceanic dispersal during the Cenozoic Era, but the most compelling arguments currently indicate a freshwater radiation which occurred during the Mezozoic break-up of Gondwana.
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