Re: [Killietalk] Austrolebias bellottii de Carmelo/ nigripinnisMaschwitz?

[Brian Watters <bwatters at shaw_ca>]

Bobby, in some respects I agree with you. The nigipinnis that I maintained
in the early 70s was a magnificently colored strain with a very dark blue
body and many contrasting golden spots. I have a couple of the more
recently-collected populations and, while I do not see any difference in
robustness, finnage and size, the color is definitely not as striking. As
compared to the early 70s imports, they have a decidedly "muddier"
coloration.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of ROBERT ELLERMANN
> Sent: December 9, 2007 9:41 AM
> To: killifish discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Austrolebias bellottii de Carmelo/
> nigripinnisMaschwitz?
>
>
> Your question about nigripinnis made me think of something I've
> been meaning to ask. Years ago in the hobby the nigripinnis
> strain was a fairly robust fish with a deep overall blackish body
> color and many pearl dots. The dorsal fin had a long base. Even
> the wild population the AKA imported in 1973 had these features.
> Most of the current populations -- or specimens there of -- that
> I have seen look rather weak, with poor color, poor color
> distribution and relatively short dorsal bases. Has anyone else
> noticed this with nigripinnis or I have just seen poor fish?
>
>   Bobby
>
> "Bruce J. Turner, Dept. Biol. Sci., VPISU, Blacksburg, VA 240"
> <fishgen at vt_edu> wrote:
>   Is anybody keeping the bellottii from Carmelo,
> Uruguay?/nigripinnis I had some
> many years ago; they were tougher to breed than other strains
> I've worked with,
> but were a very attractive emerald green in color.
>
> I had nigripinnis Maschwitz more recently, but have not seen it advertised
> lately. Is anybody still keeping it around. If memory serves me
> correctly, it
> was one of the most attractive strains of nigripinnis I've ever seen. What
> strains are folks keeping these days?
>
>
>
> Bruce J. Turner
> Dept. Biol. Sci.
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