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Kee Hoe, good luck with the exigoideum. I hope you manage to get them to spawn for you.
Get a good cover for the tank since they're jumpy little critters.
By the way, are these from a coded population?
Hi, here to show you guys some photo taken today.
Female
Sorry about the small size. The fish is still very small (Although very colouful) , shy and superb in jumping. I dare not disturb them too much as i have already lost one male.
KeeHoe.
Kee Hoe, good luck with the exigoideum. I hope you manage to get them to spawn for you.
Get a good cover for the tank since they're jumpy little critters.
By the way, are these from a coded population?
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Wait till they big enough, then i will update you with the code. As far i know, there is no number following the fish. Only location "NGOUDOUFALA"
It's "Ngoudoufola"Originally Posted by markc
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Ronnie Lee
I am quite confuse with this location name. Can elaborate a bit more on Ngoudoufola and Ngoudoufala? I can see both name being widely use in the naming of this fish. Any story behind it?
Taken from: http://images.killi.net/e/EXO/
KeeHoe.
This species has a very small distribution area centred around the town of Mandilou, Ngounie, Gabon.
The location Ngoudoufola was spelt that way by Dr Jean Huber, who collected them in 1976 at both locations (Ngoudoufola and Mandilou).
In actual fact the fish caught at Ngoudoufola are given a code - G 76/30.
These were collected by A.C. Radda, Ed Purzl and Dr J.H. Huber at the village of Ngoudoufola, close to Mandilou in 1976.
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So the Ngoudoufala came from the problem of poor hand writing? Because i seen a lot of webpage use this name. Including the website i mention above.
KeeHoe.
That is the problem with Internet. Any Tom, Dick and Harry can put up a website so you can't trust everything you read on Internet. Trust only reputable website and when in doubt, check against printed document which is usually more reliable than website.
Also be aware that many African place names have gone through Belgian, Dutch, Spanish, German, French, Italian and English alterations at times. There are many many villages spelled correctly several ways depending on the language of the author.
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Data for Ngoudoufola has been given on Tim Addis's extensive website on West African Killifish, as has been mentioned in more than one website.
The spelling as Ngoudoufala may have been a case of poor scribbled handwriting, as even a simple place name like Ibicuisito could be switched to Ibichisto.
Trust what you see at Tim Addis's website because he actually did his research and compiled the data on the website. Without help from the actual collectors and breeders he would not have succeeded with the website.
I applaud his work and will use his website as my reference for the census data.
If Ngoudoufola was given by Radda, Purzl, Huber as the spelling in their collection data, use it.
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Oh well, since my fry are so uncooperative, i have found the link to its father's photo so that we can all admire its beauty.
http://home.pchome.com.tw/hot/c88liu...A-EXOG2002.jpg
KeeHoe.
Kee Hoe, that url looks familiar.
Could you provide the main url for this hobbyist's website? Thanks.
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KeeHoe.
I have some of these guys and they are indeed a shy and skittish fish - though quite pretty if you can coax them into the open. They're pretty pale unless surounded by dark things like moss/mops/black background...
Someone commented that this species if feed exclusively with daphnia will have pale colouration.
So far all killies that i have will lose most of its colour if put under bright clear container with no plant, no gravel. Except this one. As i am too careful with this fish.
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