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Kee Hoe,
I had this fish once but my Rivulus tenuis Tako Talpa looked very different from yours. Lily gave the fish to me but unfortunately, they turned out to be all males. Here's a picture :
Loh K L
The fish seems more colourful than i have expected. Especially the orange colour dot on the yellowish body.
KeeHoe.
Kee Hoe,
I had this fish once but my Rivulus tenuis Tako Talpa looked very different from yours. Lily gave the fish to me but unfortunately, they turned out to be all males. Here's a picture :
Loh K L
KL,
Yours and Kee Hoe's tenuis are the same. Its only that his image is alot brighter.
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I think you're right, Jianyang. My eyes were attracted to the spots on the fish in Kee Hoe's pictures. The spots weren't apparent in mine so I thought they looked different.
Do you have females, Kee Hoe?
Loh K L
Hi KL,
Yup, i am having exact 3 pair. Now i keep one male happily with 3 female while the other two male in another tank.
KeeHoe.
Hi KL,
I just received some Rivulus tenuis Rio Papaloapam. This is a location in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. I suppose their care should be the same as the Tako Talpa. Are the fry large enough to take BBS when they hatch out?
Apparently the correct spelling for Tako Talpa is Tacotalpa. It is a municipality in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
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JianYang, from what i remember their fry are quite big and able to take BBS when first hatch.
KeeHoe.
Hi all:
There is a "municipio" (something like county) in the state of Tabasco called Tacotalpa while there is another one in the neighboring state of Veracruz called Tlacotalpan. I think it would be good to clarify the location where the fish were collected. Also, the name of the river is Papaloapan with n not Papaloapam.
Regards,
Tony
Tony, I saw both Papaloapan and Papaloapam on the web and am confused actually. Thank you for clarifying the spelling error.
I know the eggs with me are from a strain probably collected close to either Tlacotalpan or Cosamaloapan?, along this Rio Papaloapan in Veracruz state but the fishes shown in this thread are from municipio Tacotalpa, in Tabasco state.
Many people spell Tacotalpa as Tako Talpa and even Tako Talpu. I've seen variations of the spelling on several killie sites.
Apparently this species has a wide distribution, from Veracruz, all the way to a spot near the border with Honduras.
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Jian Yang, were the collection details provided by the sender or from research.Originally Posted by stormhawk
Good that you have the initiative to study the geographics and all but be mindful not to get carried away... it can be an addictive habit
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
Through research via Killi-Data and other sites. I did a check on the municipios via Multimap and found several locations which fit this species's distribution range. Each population of the tenuis has a different degree of colouration.
I found that it supposedly exists even in Dandriga, a location in Belize. Wright sent some Kryptolebias marmoratus eggs that came from parents caught from that location, to Zul, but I think they didn't make it.
The widespread status of this species's distribution range simply boggles me.
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I understand the confusion with the location names, there are even confusion for some of us between different locations. AS an example there is a small town called San Pedro Actopan while there is another called San Pedro Atocpan and I still don't know which is which
http://www.tabasco.gob.mx/estado/conf_politica.htm
Also for the state of Veracruz the names of the municipios are here (left side the list under "Municipios":
http://www.veracruz.gob.mx/
I want to thank Loh here for sending me some S. fulminantis eggs to increase the number of species of killis in Mexico. After reading these messages about Mexican species some friends and myself are evaluating the possibility of doing a collection trip next year. We need to contact some people in those states to determine the feasibility of doing the trip. I will let you know if that is possible.
Regards,
Tony
Yes you're right Tony, the river is Papaloapan, not Papaloapam. Thanks again for the links.
You'd have a lot of fun collecting in the Mayan regions. I think you'd be able to find several Rivulus species, and perhaps even the Profundulus species. Your country is home to some rare Cyprinodon, especially in Laguna Chichancanab.
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Glad to know the eggs arrived safely, Tony. I'm sorry I didn't reply to your email but please feel free to distribute the eggs to your friends if you don't have time to hatch them.
I'm surprised you managed to find one egg in the bag of peat I sent you. I can never find the eggs myself. I gave a bag of peat to a friend a couple of weeks ago and he was sceptical that there were eggs inside. He searched high and low with a magnifying glass but couldn't find a single egg. Just wet the peat, I told him. And when he did, he got 48 fry. He still can't believe he never saw a single egg
If you're going on a collection trip, please remember to take as many pictures as you can. I think there's just too little pictures of Killifish biotopes on the internet. It will be great if you can show some to us.
Loh K L
Yes thanks again for all your help. I will try to contact a biologist from the University I work for because they make collection trips for their institution but they keep the fish in jars with alcohol
About the collection trip.... I need to convince my first lady (wife) about doing it, right now I am pushing hard to get some new tanks and she seems to be accepting my crazy (for her) hobby.
Regards,
Tony
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