[Killietalk] N. steinforti

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>]

Hello all:

Recently specimens of N. steinforti have become available for 
distribution in the US, courtesy of one of our friends in the BKA. This 
fish, which has been collected only once, had become rare and probably 
had disappeared from the hobby in the US. The fish was collected near 
the village of Kimamba in Tanzania in 1976. After consultation with Ruud 
Wildekamp, one of the collectors, it has been firmly established that 
only one of the two localities at which the fish was found was 
introduced to the hobby. This was the T 76-4 locality. Thus, all of the 
fish in the hobby are derived from this introduction and should bear 
this locality name. After discussion with a few other hobbyists that are 
working to preserve this species, and with Ruud's support, we have 
decided on the full designation of N. steinforti "Kimamba T 76-4".  I 
have added this locality information to the online registry.

This fish is listed in the current N&RSC listing and will be distributed 
with this locality designation. As a matter of interest, the locality 
from which the fish was originally collected has been revisited several 
times by collectors, including Ruud Wildekamp, Brian Watters, myself and 
others. We have not been able to find the fish again. Thus, this species 
should be treated as threatened in the hobby and a special effort should 
be made to maintain it.

Barry Cooper
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Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386


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