Keeping Killifish in Australia: an historical list of species that past through Australian hobbiest tanks
Below is an incomplete list of species that has been collected through talking with the long term killifish keeper and CKSG member Peter Surmon and Canberra and District Aquarium Society's (CDAS) breeders registery. Only a fraction of the species listed below are still around. Hopefully in time by getting breeders out of the woodwork we might find some of the species still living in a hobbiests tank!
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Aphyosemion:
gardneri Albino
gardneri Akampka
gardneri N'sukka
gardneri Misaje
sjoestedti
sjoestedti Dwarf Red
scheeli
australe Chocolate
australe Orange
striatum
amieti
filamentosus
spoorenbergi
bivittatum bivittatum
celiae
riggenbachi
ahli
bualanum
melanteron
christyi
cognatum
exiguum
labarrei
lujae
marmaratum
gabunense
walkeri
fallax
schwoiseri
elegans |
Roloffia:
SL 18
SL 29
hastingso
geryi
chaytori
brueningi
guineense
liberiense
roloffia
petersi
toddi
occidentale
monroviae |
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Epiplatys:
grahami
dageti
annulatus
chaperi
fasciolatus
lamottei
chevalieri
sexfasciatus
barmoensis
bifasciatus
hildegarde |
Cynolebias:
alexandri
belotti
boitonei
constanciae
elonqutas
ladigesi
nigripinnis
whitei
whitei albino
wolterstorffi
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Rivulus:
cylindraceus Black
cylindraceus DKG
hartii
holmiae
milesi
tenuis
agilae
frenatus
urophthalmus
cryptocallus |
Pachypanchax:
playfairi
omalanotus |
Nothobranchius
kirki
palmqvisti
guentheri
korthause Yellow
korthause Red
melanospilus
neumanni
orthonotus
patrizii
rachovii
rubripinnis
eggersi
foerschi |
Pterolebias
zonatus
peruensis
longipinnis |
Aplocheilus
lineatus
dayi dayi
dayi werneri
panchax
parvus
blockii |
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The above list is just a snapshot of some of the species that Australian hobbiest have kept in the past. Looking at the list we do not have any excuse to complain that there are not many killifish arround do we? All we have to do is to ensure we do not lose any species we currently have and the number of species should increase in time.
Aphyosemion australe Chocolate