guest shots: Fundulopanchax fry by borneodaya

Fundulopanchax gardneri nigerianus

 (Albino blue lyretail killiefish) 24 to 72 hours old

photo sequence by borneodaya

^^newly hatched fry hug the substrate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ^^these unidentified mites are insect parasites, attacking fly larvae
and dragonfly nymph. And maybe shrimp.

 

 

 

 

 

 ^^yellow shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda var. yellow) help keep fungus at bay

more borneodaya@gmail.com on stormidae

American Killie Association info page

Killie.co.uk info page

a different kind of fundi: albino blue lyretail

^^a very curious killie

 

^^male albino Blue Lyretail (Fundulopanchax gardneri nigerianus)

 ^^very much a surface hunter 

 ^^spawning

Aphyosemion elberti JVC 07

 ^^Aphyosemion elberti JVC 07, dominant male

 

^^dominant male, about 15 weeks after hatching

more killies on stormidae here and here

Aphyosemion punctatum 'Buong Bai'

more Aphyosemion killies here
Killifish of West Africa species page