Fish Id

[jonnyf84]

can anybody help me out identifying these little fella's:



and



Thanks.

 

[Pleccy]

Fish number one is Danio margaritatus, formerly known as Microrasbora sp. "galaxy".

As for the second fish it could be a killifish of some sort, but I'm no expert in these fish.

 

[jonnyf84]

thanks pleccy, some sort of livebearer huh.

 

[Pleccy]

www.fishbase.org might be a good place to look.

 

[nosoup4you]

The second one definitely looks like some type of Killi, not a livebearer.

 

[jonnyf84]

some killifish fall into the family Poeciliidae (such as swordtails), Heterandria formosa is one of those - some killifish are livebearers. Maybe they are mis-appropriately catagorised or not true killi's but there ya go.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yeah i'd have guessed killi as well but having never kept a killi before i can't give any more species detail than that.

 

[jonnyf84]

i was just doing some more research on the killi i mentioned above and found this interesting article: The fertilized eggs grow within the female until they hatch, and the young are released free swimming. Heterandria Formosa have a unique breeding strategy even among livebearers. Rather than all the young being released at once, as many as 40 fry are released over a 10 to 14 day period, but occasionally over a longer period.

so they are egg bearing livebearers ,they are also the 7th smallest fish in the world - i want some

 

[helterskelter]

seconed look's like a lamp eye of some sort.

Had loads fo Heterandria Formosa at the liveberarer auction on sunday (in nottinham) and they was cheep as well.

 

[helterskelter]

genus aplocheilichthys look at fishbase

 

[jonnyf84]

Had loads fo Heterandria Formosa at the liveberarer auction on sunday (in nottinham) and they was cheep as well.

bollocks! i didnt have time to go, bloody DIY!!!!!!! i swear i'm dragging the mrs with me next time

seconed look's like a lamp eye of some sort.

yup we'r getting somewhere now i think.

 

[nosoup4you]

Yes, but the one in your picture looks more like a true 'Killi'. If you really want to get technical, all livebearers (Poeciliidae) are Killies...I'm guessing egg-layer. I could be wrong. You should post this pic in the Killifish forum...

 

[helterskelter]

Well i dont know what u know about the formosa but we had both the common and the gold morph.

Their lovely little fish but their not the smallest livebearer.

 

[helterskelter]

Yes, but the one in your picture looks more like a true 'Killi'. If you really want to get technical, all livebearers (Poeciliidae) are Killies...I'm guessing egg-layer. I could be wrong. You should post this pic in the Killifish forum...

Under the genus Poeciliidae you do have many livebearers and yes killi's too.
It mean's topminnows as a general translation but their are many 100's of fish in this genus.

 

[jonnyf84]

out of interest what is the smallest livebearer?

Also when and where is the next livebearer auction?