Fishes – New Cynolebias Found – several new Cynolebias species found in Uruguay.

Cal Hin, on the Killifish Mailing List on September 15, 1996, reports that he has been advised of a new collection made in Uruguay recently.

        Among those populations found were: Cynolebias elongatus, with females 18 cm. and males 7 cm in length.

        A new population of Cynolebias cherapodphilus, which appear to be the same as those previously collected, although taken from a different site.

       Cynolebias melanoorus.

        A new population of Cynolebias alexandri, in the San Javier (Uruguay) area, found with Cynolebias nigripinnis (observed, not collected – a teacher had them in a tank, and was teaching her students how to keep the fish that lived in a pond 4 meters from the school).

        Two types of Cynolegias alexandrii, one spotted, the other not.

        Cynolebias prognathus, collected in a pond that had not yielded the species on several previous visits.

— G.C.K.A. Newsletter – November 1996