[Fishly]

Could someone tell me what species this fish is? I'm assuming it's in the genus Aphyosemion, but I'd like to know the exact species, if possible.

 

[klaus07]

It belongs to the Chromeaphyosemion group also loosely known as the biv group. Check this link and look under Chromeaphyosemion: http://www.alfanita.se/specieslists/killi-list.htm. There are literally a couple hundred different variants of Chromeaphyosemion floating around in the hobby. Do you have any more information about the origin of this photo, do you have this fish?

Klaus

 

[Fishly]

Sorry, I don't know anything about the pic. I did a lot of picture-hunting last night and I just kept coming across that picture. This is where I got the one I posted. It said it's A. volcanum, but I'm not sure.

Here's another one:

How can you tell it's a Chromaphyosemion?

 

[klaus07]

Chromeaphysemion is an unreconized grouping of Aphyosemions that used to be comprised of the following species: bivittatum, riggenbachi, bitaeniatum, volcanum splendopleure, and loehnberghii. In the last 15 years quite a few more species have been described. It is pretty easy to tell the ones that belong to the grouping. Males have very large dorsal fins. Often magnificent colors. Females often are more colorful than other Aphy. species and many have a pair of horizontal stripes on their body. I took a look at the picture and its impossible for me to tell which location of volcanum it is. Most are found in the shadow of Mt Cameroon over volcanic soil. Guess why they are called volcanum! There are several color forms of volcanum available in the hobby and they show up on aqua*bid from time to time. They are well worth getting for a planted tank. I have a Chromeaphyosemion bitaeniatum in one of my planted tanks and I know in a short time I will have a flock of fry in the dense part of the plants.

Klaus

 

[Fishly]

Well, I've been thinking about getting some killifish. What do killifish normally look like in a tank? The pictures always seem to show them in breeding condition, but I'd rather not get a fish that looks dull 90% of the time.

 

[Fishly]

Hello?

 

[star_splinter]

My killies look like the "breeding colors" pictures all the time, unless they've just been moved from one tank to another. In fact I think my tiko greens (A. or C. splendopleure) look better than any pictures I've seen of them, and they look that good pretty much all the time. Wonderful, easy fish.

 

[Fishly]

I searched Aphyosemion splendopleure and got this picture:

It looks a lot like the fish in the pic I first posted. Maybe they're both A./C. splendopleure? Is that what your fish look like, Star splinter?

 

[star_splinter]

Mine isn't that subspecies (Penda Mboko) but rather "Tiko Green". They look like this: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/noliveira/100_3326_resize.jpg

If I ever find those Penda Mbokos I'll have to pick some up--gorgeous fish! Only problem then would be keeping them separated from the Tiko Greens, which keep showing up all over the place (easy to breed, to the point that eggs get transferred on plants etc).