Fundulopanchax gardneri clauseni (Scheel 1975)
Unknown photographer. Not sure if I took it. From one of my archive discs.
Meaning of Name |
After Stenholt Clausen |
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First Description |
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Size |
7 cm |
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Meristics |
D = 14, A = 16, D/A = 4·5, ll = 31 |
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Karyotype |
n = 18, A = 29 |
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Sub-Genus |
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Group |
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Synonyms |
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Populations |
Akure - First
collected by Clausen in 1955.
Idanre - Toyin Ojo suggested Idanre to be the correct name. Idanre is located close to Owo in southwest Nigeria. Owo - Clausen collected this population
in 1962 near Owo, east of Akure, western Nigeria & gave Scheel live
fish to study in 1962. It was found that this collection only produced
yellow phase but if given long enough in the hobby would most likely
give blue phase as well. Port Harcourt - In 1961 Ulf Hannerz sent 2 males to Scheel which were caught in the Wokocha River, close to Port Harcourt. Scheel observed that there were 3 times more red spots than the previously studied population from Akure.
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Type Locality |
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Distribution |
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Habitat |
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Distinguishing Characteristics | ||||||||||||||||||
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History |
This section has been split up into seperate pages. Click the population above for more detailed information. |
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Breeding Notes |
Some reports suggest incubating eggs on moist peat for 21 days at a temperature of 68-70'F. |
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Remarks |
Dave Ramsey's page with photos of an unusually coloured Akure http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/akure_variant.htm |