Allow me to introduce Chromaphyosemion biteniatium BDEL 26-3. That translates to Benin (country of catching) Dineson Elson Lamboj (the people on the trip) caught in 2026 at the number 3 location we visited. The males died soon after I got home, before they were ready to photograph, but fathered a bunch of fry that are now moving in to maturity. So at last, they are set to be shown. Expect more body size and longer fins within a few months.
The best photo for colours was predictably before I cleaned the glass this morning.
They came out of irrigation ditches flowing from a spring, on a farm that seemed to grow mainly hot peppers (which had been harvested). The fields were full of morning glory vines. The dry season water was too hot, and I think that is what caused the fish to be very damaged and unhealthy. They recovered - well, all the females did. The males were done in by 33c water.
The mud was too deep for wading, so we had to fish off the banks.
The best photo for colours was predictably before I cleaned the glass this morning.
They came out of irrigation ditches flowing from a spring, on a farm that seemed to grow mainly hot peppers (which had been harvested). The fields were full of morning glory vines. The dry season water was too hot, and I think that is what caused the fish to be very damaged and unhealthy. They recovered - well, all the females did. The males were done in by 33c water.
The mud was too deep for wading, so we had to fish off the banks.
