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Rare livebearers | 12 comments (12 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Quintana atrizona -- Barred Topminnow (none / 0) (#13)
by unclescott on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:40:56 AM PST

Would this be the one you were thinking about? From Cuba, it is more difficult to find in the hobby than many wild livebearers. That has a lot to do with political conditions but also it is simply not as striking in pattern and color as several other barred wild livebearers such as Limia melanogaster, several other Limias, the rather plain Carlhubbsia stuarti (also called the barred livebearer) or Neoheterandria tridentiger which seemed pretty popular at an ALA event a couple of years ago. Do an image search of these if you'd like.

I was rather surprised that the authors of that 500 fishes book selected that species, though it is neat to see species new to most aquarists in the general books. That is one of lots and lots of Cuban livebearers. If there is ever a thaw in diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, more of those livebearers may trickle into the hobby.

They like warmth (24-28 C/ 75-82.5 F) and are found in fairly hard water (9-12 DH. It has been suggested that they share characteristics and probably habitat with members of Girardinus. One can imagine that feeding a livebearer mix, including veggie flakes and (I would guess) the supplemental meaty item, would serve them very well. With the occasional partial water change, there is no reason why any modestly experienced aquarist couldn't keep and breed them or any of many wild livebearers. Keeping fancy guppies, with their fancy fins and the need to maintain strains, is probably a much greater challenge.

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Rare livebearers | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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