they look stunning! pencilfish, one of my favourite fishes. Though they can be quite aggressive
in German, but it has colour photos of the new species Nannostomus rubrocaudatus and the other red coloured pencilfishes.
Nannostomus rubrocaudatus spec. nov. ñ ein neuer Ziersalmler aus Peru
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
they look stunning! pencilfish, one of my favourite fishes. Though they can be quite aggressive
Cheers,
Joe
the pix are really good reference.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
here's the abstract…
Nannostomus rubrocaudatus sp. n. is described from Peru. The new species is closely related with N. mortenthaleri and N. marginatus. The coloration of the males of N. rubrocaudatus sp. n. in life is extremely different from these species. The new species has a clearly developed sexual dichomatism, which is not to be seen in N. marginatus. The sexual dimorphism in the anal-fin described by WEITZMAN & WEITZMAN (2003) for N. mortenthaleri was also found in N. rubrocaudatus sp. n. and in a “colour variety” of N. marginatus from the río Negro basin.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
mm looks similiar to what lfs are selling as corel red sp. purple.
God will make a way, where there seems to be no way
pix extracted from the paper, copyright as stated. can anyone provide a good translation?
N. rubrocaudatus
N. mortenthaleri
N. marginatus
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
WOW! Nice pictures! But isnt this N. rubrocaudatus similar to purple pencils?
Zack
Planted tank: Melanotaenia Lacustris, Melanotaenia Parkinsoni, Melanotaenia Praecox, Glossolepis Incisus, Melanotaenia Maccullochi, Melanotaenia Boesemani, Iriatherina Werneri, Barilius Canarensis
I am not familiar with the red pencils, you are probably right.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Yeah, I think those are sold as purple pencilfish. I heard they were a colour morph of n. marginatus, but I guess they're a separate species. There's some pictures at jjphoto.dk
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