Re: Aplocheilichthys normani, Fundulopanchax Scheeli hybridization?

[Tony Terceira <terceira at ride_ri.net>]

At 11:01 PM 4/1/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Paul.
>Aplocheilichthys and Fundulopanchax will 99.99% NOT interbreed. (I leave the
>0.01% because daft things happen, but that is another story.)
>As a generalisation, fish from different genera will not cross, and most
>fish from the same genus will not cross either. You may sometimes get
>hybrids from closely related species, but often these hybrids are sterile.
>(For the experts, I know this is an over-simplification. :-) )

         I am no expert, but did much hybridization work during the 70's, 
different genera will breed and produce offspring.  australe will breed 
with gardneri, and on and on.............
Whether they are sterile is not the issue, what are you going to do with 
them? how can you tell hybrid fish from other fish.................. 
?  would you know a hybrid if you saw it ?  most of the answers are NO.

         I worked with 35 populations from the bivittatum species group and 
can assure you that you can not distinguish hybrids visually, Scheel did so 
much work on hybridization and showed many gardneri crosses.....  I hope 
enough to convince people to maintain species specific tanks for collecting 
eggs.

Aplocheilicthys and Fundulopanchax will probably not produce 
fry..........    and would be save for a community tanks, but Oh my what 
other mixes can produce.
  !!!

good killie keeping...................  Tony in RI
Tony Terceira
terceira at ride_ri.net

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