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Re: who are extinct (and KCC)

On 1 May 2001, at 8:40, Wright Huntley wrote:

> I believe that one is actually Fp. oeseri, and I wasn't aware they were not
> found in the wild. any more. They aren't from a heavily-collected area,
> these days, I think. Equatorial Guinea hasn't been politically hospitable
> for years. If they aren't on Fernado Poo (Bioko Island) any more, they
> should be considered for special maintenance by the FP. group of Killifish
> Conservation Committee (KCC -- Art Leuterman -- Chair --
> aleuterman at midf_com).

I get this daft idea from the last JAKA in Huber's article. He states 
that the original collection location for the oeseri (santaisabella) 
has been destroyed. (I don't have my copy of JAKA with me so 
take this with a pinch of salt.) So, if this was found true, Fp. 
(although I think Huber still uses Aphyosemion)  oeseri is a prime 
candidate for the KCC.

> Fp. walkeri GH 74/2 Kutunze is, of course, one of the earliest in that
> category, and has been long kept as a core species for protection by the
> Killifish Conservation Committee. Their original habitat was paved over for
> a market, I'm told.

The a short list would hold

"Fp. oeseri"
Fp. walkeri GH 74/2 Kutunze
S. alternatus

Any other nominations?

> Many SA Annuals will go this way. They apparently get found with the first
> roads in, and then get immediately wiped out by forced development. We may
> need to rethink species maintenance, as a result, to cope with such
> phenomena.

I'm always willing to take on another annual species and do my bit 
for species maintenance (I've become quite adept at juggling tanks 
for annuals).

On another topic, I was reading some ROTOW last night and saw 
the mention of C. splendropleure "Tiko" and how Scheel was 
supprised how it had surivived in the hobby for all these years (he 
was writing in 1968 or something...). Is this the same Tiko we have 
floating around today? If so what is its secret? Why didn't go the 
same way as the walkeri GH 74/2?
 
Bye



Tyrone Genade
tyronegenade at yahoo_com
http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade

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