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    ID: Can someone identify this killifish?

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    anyone know wat is this?
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    An Aplocheilus, possibly a female A. lineatus. where did you get the fish?
    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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    does this look like your fish?




    here's what a male would look like:

    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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    yup. i think that's the fish. thanks for identifying.
    got a bunch of them. very hardy fishes. had them for some time but never knew what they were.
    thanks.

    oh ya. i observe some thats totally golden in colour. then what sex is that?
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    must be escaped population of the golden aquarium strain of Aplocheilus panchax.
    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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    escaped? i'm pretty sure there won't be escapees around that area.
    so you mean these are common aquarium fishes?
    Last edited by Quixotic; 14th Mar 2007 at 13:19. Reason: Spelling, please try to use proper spellings, there is no such word as im or wun

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    well female A. panchax could look pretty pale/golden, and yes it is native to Singapore. the truly golden form as sold in the shops are a selectively bred strain.

    in any case, aren't all aquarium fish once from the wild?
    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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    haha... true true...
    thanks again!

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    To me it looks more like an Epiplatys Killie. Take a look here:
    http://www.nakashima.org/gep_inf.htm

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