Epiplatys sp. Lake Fwa

Photo courtesy of Ed Pürzl.

The 4 photos below are distributed as E.sp.Lake Fwa. Some authors consider them to be E.chevalieri nigricans while others consider them to represent an un-named sp.
Lake Fwa are considered to be more slender than nigricans. I have put the photos in this page until I get more information.

Photo courtesy of Allen 'Boat' Boatman.

Photo courtesy of Allen 'Boat' Boatman.

Female. Photo courtesy of Allen 'Boat' Boatman.

Photo courtesy of Allen 'Boat' Boatman.

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First Description

 
Size

6 cm
Meristics

 
Karyotype

 
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Populations Photographs of male & female can be found on page 56 of the Aqualog by Dr.Lothar Seegers.
Type Locality

 
Distribution

 
Habitat

The Lake is not a true lake but a widening of the river.
The area is not easily accessible. Water plants in the biotope included Potamogeton, Nympheas, Nuphar, Othelia, giant Vallisneria.
Sympatric sp. Aphyosemion cognatum (?), Thoracochromis brauschi (which fed on the Vallisneria), Cyclopharynx fwae, C schwetzi, Schwetzochromis neodon, Thoracochromis callichromus, Hemichromis sp .
Distinguishing Characteristics  
Colour/Pattern Variability  
History

Collected by Heiko Bleher in 1988. Wild fish presented a problem to maintain & Wischmann put them into black water from old peat tanks which probably measured at least pH 5. Wischmann gave fish to Seegers to photograph who put these photos in the Aqualog. Current generations do not require this old peaty water.Maintained in Germany from at least 1986.
Breeding Notes

Breeding notes seem to suggest they don't like mops but prefer Java moss to lay there eggs in. Eggs will water incubate in water of pH 7, DH 10. It seemed important not to add a fungal inhibitor. Water incubation takes 14 days. Fry will take newly hatched brine shrimp as a first food.
Diameter of Egg  
Remarks

This sp. prefers shady areas of the tank.