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➊ YELLOW GALAXY OR BUMBLEBEE GUPPY ➋ HEMIGRAMMUS SP. "COLOMBIA" ➌ NOTHOBRANCHIUS IVANOVAE ➍ NOTHOBRANCHIUS KARDASHEVI ➎ RHINOGOBIUS FORMOSANUS ➏ TACHYSURUS SPILOTUS
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Wanted: new Guppies!
Two new species of Nothobranchius
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New Guppies are needed—or so von Wussow Imports, near Hamburg, Germany, believes. For some time, this company has bred high-end Guppy strains, which are difficult to obtain in large numbers, and sold them to the general pet trade. Von Wussow obtained its breeding strains from European breeders and from companies in Southeast Asia in order to expand its offerings of new and unusual Guppies. Shown is the "Yellow Galaxy spade tail," sold under the name "Bumblebee" by Von Wussow. It is just one of the many beautiful, uncommon strains of Poecilia reticulata that will soon broaden the range of Guppy varieties available in the pet trade. Tropical fish suppliers in other countries may wish to take note of this trend to bring new life into Guppy keeping. —Hans-Georg Evers
Two new, very attractive killifishes of the genus Nothobranchius were recently described from western Tanzania. In May 2011, two Bulgarian killifish enthusiasts found the new species in the tributaries of the Katuma River. The first species was described as Nothobranchius kardashevi by Valdesalici (2012) in honor of its discoverer, Kiril Kardashev. It belongs to the N. ugandensis species complex, a group with a wide range from Sudan and Ethiopia in the north to the drainage of the Bubu River and Lake Rukwa in Tanzania in the south. So far, N. kardashevi is only known from a residual pool of the Karira River. The second species, Nothobranchius ivanovae, was described in honor of the second discoverer, Iva Ivanova. It belongs to the N. taeniopygus species group, whose
H.-G. EVERS
AMAZONAS
Yellow Galaxy Guppy with spade tail.