undescribed danionin from Burma - Danio sp. 'TW01'

[hwchoy]

Costa Rica has some endemic cichlids, killifish and livebearers as well.

Its well worth a try to collect some of these rarely seen fish, especially the livebearers.

In true fact most of the livebearer enthusiasts are in Europe and America. Sadly, most of us here view them as "longkang" fish not worthy of more attention.

One will find some seldom to rarely seen Rivulus species of killifish in that country, including Profundulus which is also rarely to impossible to find in the hobby.

Ranmasatome! are you listening to this

[hwchoy]

Choy, you're lucky to know that collector from Myanmar. The trade in their fish is somewhat controlled by the government. Most Myanmar fish are shipped via Thailand and are usually those from the border areas close to Thailand.

Getting something from Rakhine state is quite rare so to speak and in this case I'd say it was a precious opportunity to obtain the danionins.

Apart from that it would be wise to try and spawn these and not just take photos of them. In fact a series of breeding photos and fry development stages recorded in a series of photos will be helpful in any eventual description of this still-unknown (until otherwise proven) species.

only have 3 specimens and I need to preserve them for Fang Fang. The collector may be attempting to breed them as well. If I get more specimens I'll let you guys try breeding them.

stormhawkii, wait till you see the pics of Danio feegradei coming up very soon.

[stormhawk]

, cyprinids are not in my interest range at the moment. There'll probably be some willing breeder out there. Alternatively, try to get the collector to send you pictures of a breeding group.

According to what I know, even newly imported species like Danio choprae was spawned quite soon after it appeared in the trade. The Germans have an article on this I think though I may be wrong. But I do remember that they were spawned soon after their initial exportation from Myanmar.

[stormhawk]

According to this website , Costa Rica is home to 130 freshwater fish species.

[hwchoy]

yes I have seen a spawning paper on Danio roseus too. Only thing is whether the spawning is commercially viable or only good for hobby-scale.

[hwchoy]

ok, the pix in the first post has been updated, now you can see the fish in a settled condition. well, they look even prettier in death!