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  1. 27th Jan 2006, 20:12 #1
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    tiny goby from Ayutthaya province of Thailand - Brachygobius nunus

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    these two specimens, probably some kind of Brachygobius, are collected from the Ayutthaya province of Thailand, about 80km north of Bangkok. Size is approximately 11mm SL. First fish appears to be gravid. Second fish seem gravid too!



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  2. 27th Jan 2006, 21:12 #2
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    Tiny! Look at those eyes!

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    They look exactly like the gravel they are on! Great Camo!
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  4. 27th Jan 2006, 23:29 #4
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    It looks alot like our local bumblebee, minus the yellow bands.
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    Another VERY pretty fish! And it is like semi-transparent!
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  6. 30th Jan 2006, 05:29 #6
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    added a face shot in #1.
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    Choy.. i think we have some fish locally that looks like that also leh... i'm sure its not the same but looks damn sinmilar.. i had some in my 2ft tank.. cant say where i go them from.. but we can talk when you come down..
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    comments from Helen Larson:
    hello there,

    those are great photos, the bumblebee goby looks very much like Brachygobius nunus. I haven't yet figured out what it's true distribution is, or whether it's a species complex. The colour pattern on your second fish matches one of the syntypes pattern almost exactly, though! May I have full collection data for this one please? I'd like to add it into the manuscript (am slowly revising the genus). May I also beg the use of those pictures?

    The other fish is a Pseudogobiopsis, a young one, I would say it was P. siamensis. This guy is common and something you would expect to find in Thailand almost anywhere.

    love those dwarf bumblebees!

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    look at those cheeks man, I think should be very after deep fry with soya sauce
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    Stigmatogobius poecilosoma ranma? I've got those in my tank too...
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    added a face shot in #1.

    hi bro,

    nice fish, did your friend send you any male specimen of this fish??

    might have colleague who is interested in this fish.....

    anyway, i am waiting to chalk up my 10 post before i can pm you......

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    Hey, are you Alex?

    there were two specimens of this fish which I suspect one is male and the larger one female (very bulging belly when viewed from the top). both are in the collection of RMBR.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pressure
    anyway, i am waiting to chalk up my 10 post before i can pm you......

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    Hi Alex,

    Welcome to AQ!

    Your reputation preceeds you. I've heard some great stuff about you from John and Alvin from Arofanatics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by benny
    Hi Alex,

    Welcome to AQ!

    Your reputation preceeds you. I've heard some great stuff about you from John and Alvin from Arofanatics.

    Cheers,

    eh...no lah...me just interested in fishes like all of you here....must learn from you guys...spoke to uncle choy, wah...experience man.....
    I am sure you are one too...heard a lot about you also ...guru...
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    Hey, are you Alex?

    there were two specimens of this fish which I suspect one is male and the larger one female (very bulging belly when viewed from the top). both are in the collection of RMBR.
    eh...uncle choy,

    hee.....nice talking to you that day...
    anyway, the reason i asked is that my colleague is looking for fishes that are almost "transparent" and also easy to breed in artificial environment (other than danios)...he is looking at brain/nerve development in veterbrate...

    must ask you guys to recommend a "good" spp...
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    glass goby looks good for his purpose, Gobiopterus spp.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    glass goby looks good for his purpose, Gobiopterus spp.
    how "easy" are they in breeding?
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    The Brachygobius from Singapore that resembles B. nunus would be B. xanthomelas. I had one and they came in labelled as B. nunus sometime ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pressure
    how "easy" are they in breeding?
    now that I am unsure of, we do see many of them carrying eggs, and I assume they breed in pure freshwater since Ayutthaya is so far from the sea.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    now that I am unsure of, we do see many of them carrying eggs, and I assume they breed in pure freshwater since Ayutthaya is so far from the sea.
    oh...maybe we can check the water ions content, may be highly ionic.....issi possible to collect some water (~100ml) from them?
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