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Just returned from the LFS. And he has some oddities in his collection.

First of all, there is this beastie. A characin that looks vaguely Flame Tetra shaped, but which lacks the characteristic black marks seen on that fish, and what is more possesses a LOT more yellow than any Flame Tetra I've ever seen, not to mention a different shade of red. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's in a display aquarium with coloured lighting, it's that shade of red even when it's away from the red spotlight! Pic:

Mystery Tetra

Second, A Killifish. I know it's an Epiplatys species, but WHICH Epiplatys is something of a mystery for the moment. Something I'm busy looking around the web to try and redress, but given that there are a good few Epiplatys species to choose from, and that they have numerous population variants to boot, this one could prove to be a fun one. Pic:

Mystery Killie

Enjoy identifying these!


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I think that tetra is still a flame. I've seen a "fancy" type of flame tetra once or twice, which lacked the black stripe and was a little more intense in color. Supposedly this strain was produced in captivity. Besides the different appearance, they seem about the same as the regular flame tetra.

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Ah, didn't know there was an amelanistic Flame Tetra in circulation.

I'm still having no luck tracking down the Epiplatys species - just scanned through ALL the species on this page and so far, the only species that is green enough to be mine is Epiplatys chevalieri, which differs markedly in appearance from my fish in specific features (such as the absence of the black markings on the body just above the anal fin). Plus, Fishbase is temporarily down (keep getting a page listing a brace of MySQL connection errors) which makes life a tad difficult (sigh).

However, out of all the Epiplatys species I've scanned, chevalieri is the only one slender enough to be mine.

If there are any Killie specialists who know something about this fish, please get in touch!


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Like this? My flames have no black markings at all! They are pretty yellow at the front. They are a strong enough little fish though.

Bingo. The one I photographed has more red around the face, but otherwise, it's a match.

Now all I need is the Killie identifying!

Thanks LHG!

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

exactly, Thats what kind of flame tetra I have/(or had, she died this morning from birth labor but yes, they are very pretty, my freind has the other type of flame though... LOL

it KINDA looks like a golden wonder killie.....

Ok I was SOOO very wrong, no wonder killie, I belive it is either a Dwarf Panchax or a Blue Panchax!!!

Looks as if you inadvertently pointed me in the right direction ... but with the wrong answers!

It transpires that despite the similarity in shape, this is NOT an Epiplatys species. It is in fact, from what I can gather courtesy of this page, the Ceylon Killifish, Aplocheilus dayi.

[link=Here is a close up] http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?ID=10939&what=species [/link] of the Fishbase pic for the species

And here for comparison is my shot

Job well done


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

It DOES look like the ceylon killie! glad I could help