Simpsonichthys trilineatus (Brasilandia)

[hwchoy]

Au, this is your Simpsonichthys trilineatus (Brasilandia). Colour seems faded, agree?


Simpsonichthys trilineatus (Brasilandia) ♂

[stormhawk]

Should be a tad bit more red. This species has a close relative, S. auratus, which is of a more golden colour.

[hwchoy]

Picture updated. this one shows him sparring with the S. whitei var. albino. Fins are fully flared for your pleasure :wink:

stormhawkii, the picture is colour corrected. The fish is more olive than red from the forehead onwards.

[hwchoy]

the locality Brasilandia, is it in the Federal Terriroty in the state of Brasilia?

[stormhawk]

This locality is in the state of Minas Gerais, not in the Distrito Federal or Federal District of Brasilia.

Oddly enough this species is known only from a single locality, the city of João Pinheiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it is conspecific with Simpsonichthys alternatus and shares this pool as its type locality.
Right across a river exists its closest relative, Simpsonichthys auratus.

According to information I have recently found, the locality Brasilândia seems to be a precinct within the boundaries of the city of João Pinheiro.

If this is the case then the population tag in actual terms would be this:

João Pinheiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A lack of topographic maps of the region is hampering my research. So far from data on Killi-Data among others shows that it is only known from its type locality.

[stormhawk]

Choy,

I think I sent you the PDF of this species's description along with 2 other species in the same article.

Refer to it for more data.

[hwchoy]

there it is, they use the lowercase “rio” the river “rio São Francisco”, although elsewhere I have seen the correct version is “río” instead of “rio”.

[hwchoy]

you know what, the city of João Pinheiro is a "mere" 280km from the city of Brasília in the Federal District.

I think I will tag the pix with “Brasilandia (João Pinheiro), Minas Gerais, Brazil.” unless you guys raise a stink.

[stormhawk]

Ahhh.. a much nicer shot of this species. Not going to raise a stink anyway.

280 km is a very big distance for this fish. I can explain to you the geographic positioning of all of the Simpsonichthys species known to man now. I've made a composite map of the entire floodplain over 2 days from putting together small maps via a mapping website.

In it I have positioned the species according to current geographic data of their distribution.

[hwchoy]

let's see that MAP!

[stormhawk]

The thing is, the file size is too big. If I compress it further it will lose its details. The whole map is larger than A3 I think if you printed it out. I took 4 A4 sized printing paper to print out the whole file.

There are still add-ons to the sides to show related river systems in which other Simpsonichthys live in.

I did not add the Rio Xingu (where S. reticulatus lives) because it is too far north. I have maps for both the Rio Xingu and Fortaleza, where Simp. antenori lives.

[hwchoy]

well mail to me? or can FTP to my server too.

[stormhawk]

I need the FTP details for your server, email me the details then. I've not added in the text yet, just the main map.

[stormhawk]

Oh well, found a grayscale version of my composite. Mailed it already. The place names are pretty small so a little difficult to view.

[hwchoy]

The thing is, the file size is too big. If I compress it further it will lose its details. The whole map is larger than A3 I think if you printed it out. I took 4 A4 sized printing paper to print out the whole file.

There are still add-ons to the sides to show related river systems in which other Simpsonichthys live in.

I did not add the Rio Xingu (where S. reticulatus lives) because it is too far north. I have maps for both the Rio Xingu and Fortaleza, where Simp. antenori lives.

digging up an old thread, now that you have hosting space on hexazona, why don't you put up that map of yours?

[stormhawk]

I don't mind actually but the thing is its a combination of maps from Multimap.com

Forgot to add this bit earlier:

With some new species described from the region, I have to do some re-edits on my distribution map, including those for the southeast part of Brazil. Working on a new distribution map for Austrolebias species in Uruguay and will probably do another map for parts of Paraguay and Argentina. I want to work on a Nothobranchius distribution map but that would be too huge.. their distribution range comprises several countries running from equatorial Africa to southern Africa. I could do sub-regional maps though.