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Fish Information (Livebearers)
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Gambusia
heterochir (Clear Creek Gambusia)
Family: Poeciliidae
Continent: North America
Distribution: Texas
Habitat: springs with abundant plant life
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
22-29°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 25mm (male) 45mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
On the vulnerable list. Female top, Male bottom.
Limia nigrofasciatus (Humpback Limia)
Family: Poeciliidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Haiti
Habitat: rivers, stream & lakes
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
22-29°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
Water Conditions:
FBAS Size: 55mm (male) 60mm (female)
FBAS Class: S
Additional Information: Male top, Female bottom.
Limia
yaguajali
Family:
Poecilidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Rio Yagaujal, Dominican Republic
Habitat: r ivers
Food:
most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
22-29°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
Water Conditions:
FBAS Size: 40mm (male) 60mm (female)
FBAS Class: S
Additional Information:
Nomorhamphus brembachi
(Celebes Halfbeak)
Family: Hemiramphidae
Continent: South America
Distribution:
Habitat: rivers
Food: live & flake foods of all types.
Water Temperature:
22-26°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 50mm
FBAS Class: T or Tb
Additional Information:
Imported size 50mm. Not a true livebearer, in Hemiramphidae, the males have a modified anal fin called an Andropodium and the females are usually without colour. Gestation is around 45 days
Phallocerus caudomaculata reticulatus
(Spotted Phallocerus)
Family: Poeciliidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Belize, Honduras, Guatamala
Habitat: rivers
Food: live & flake foods of all types.
Water Temperature:
20-24°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 30mm (male) 50mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
Imported size 25mm.
The genus name is tagged to the male and his unfeasibly long gonopdium! Without that and the attractive blue eye, they look similar to Gambusia affinis holbrooki, but without the habit of fin nipping fins. Three colour
forms are known: a clear body with a tail-spot, speckled all over and a gold form. Gestation and care similar to the guppy.
Poecillia wingei
(Endlers Livebearer)
Family: Poeciliidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: import from Guatamala
Habitat: rivers
Food: live & flake foods of all types.
Water Temperature:
20-36°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 20mm (male) 40mm (female)
FBAS Class: O
Additional Information: The name of Endlers opens a huge door to colour variations; ‘how many bars doe the fish have?’ ‘the colour of the bars?’ and tail shapes?. These are wild caught from Guatemala and came to me from a couple of guys in Dundee, and they breed absolutely true, unlike the many
you will find on e-bay. Needless to say they should not be kept with guppies (reticulata) branneri, picta or any other strain of wingei/endler, or you will end
up with hybrids! Breeding is the same as guppies. The females are round tailed and without colour and males are metallic yellow with black stripes and show a trace of top sword.
Images & Text by Robbie Kirkup
Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus
(False Swordtail)
Family: Poeciliidae
Synonym:
Heterandria bimaculatus
Continent: South America
Distribution: Belize, Honduras, Guatamala
Habitat: rivers
Food: live food of all types, especially fish
Water Temperature:
20-30°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 60mm (male) 100mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
Skiffia
francesae
(Golden Skiffia)
Family: Goodeidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Mexico
Habitat: rivers, stream & lakes
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
21-27°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size:
4 5mm (male) 55mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
Xiphophorus signum (Signum Sword)
Family: Poeciliidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Guatemala
Habitat: rivers, stream & lakes
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
20-28°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 80mm (male) 100mm (female)
FBAS Class:
Additional Information:
Zoogoneticus
tequila (Crescent Zoe)
Family: Goodeidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Mexico
Habitat:
r ivers, stream & lakes
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
21-27°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size:
40mm (male) 50mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
Zoogoneticus
quintzeonsis
Family: Goodeidae
Continent: South America
Distribution: Mexico
Habitat: rivers, stream & lakes
Food: most types of dried & small live food such as daphnia & bloodworm, must also have vegetable matter such as algae.
Water Temperature:
21-27°C
Water Chemistry:
above pH7 preferred
FBAS Size: 40mm (male) 50mm (female)
FBAS Class: T
Additional Information:
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