MOZAMBIQUE 2009 (MZCS/09)
Code MZCS (MoZambique, CzechoSlovak Expedition) 2009
Photographs copyright: Radim Blazek
The
scientific expedition of Czech Academy of Sciences (Matej Polacik, Peter Vallo,
Radim Blazek) in February 2009 followed our field trip in 2008. We have
imported three populations of N.
orthonotus and 4 populations from N.
rachovii complex. Some fish and eggs were donated to killifish breeders in
2009 and appeared to establish in captivity. All photographs are copyrighted to
Radim Blazek. Submitted by Martin Reichard, two more collecting trips to
List of
imported populations, with their codes:
N. rachovii MZCS 233 Rio Savane (road from Beira towards
Rio Savane, about
N. orthonotus MZCS 233 Rio Savane (road from Beira towards
Rio Savane, about
N. rachovii MZCS 249 Quelimane, orange type (less than
N. orthonotus MZCS 249
Quelimane (less than
N. rachovii MZCS 260 Luala, orange type (about
N. orthonotus MZCS 260 Luala (about
N. rachovii MZCS 08/1 lower Limpopo, black type (
N. orthonotus MZCS 233 Rio Savane |
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Habitat
MZCS 08/91, type locality of N. kadleci
photographed in February 2009. No fish were present, though they inhabited
adjacent water-filled hole at a road margin. Note that type locality looked
similar in February 2008 when N. kadleci
was collected there.
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The following pictures show fish
collected (among many others), but not imported in 2008
N. furzeri MZCS 08/13, yellow male without black band on caudal fin
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N. kadleci MZCS 08/109 male with a frontal hump, typical
for some populations of the species (including N. kadleci MZCS 08/108 Save River that are kept by some breeders).
Red and blue males.
Note that
in most populations yellow males possess a black band, while most red males
lack the black band. The exception among populations distributed among breeders
is N. furzeri Soveia red.
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N. orthonotus MZCS 08/108, just north of the River Save, in the range of N. kadleci. One of few populations with yellow coloured males |