Pupfish

Wow pupfish are awesome! Where cani buy them ? and also can i buy 20 of them and put them all in one big tank? Please tell me! From Ling Long
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Charco La Palma Pupfish R. Kik IV
For some time I have long had an interest in Desert fishes and recently had the opportunity to obtain a small colony of Cyprinodon lonigdorsalis. This small Mexican pupfish was only just recently described in 1993.

TFH Dec 92 Cynolebias nigripinnis (Black-fin Pearl Killi) TFH Sep 91 Cynolebias whitei (Killifish) TFH Feb 91 Cyphotilapia frontosa TFH Apr 90 Cyphotilapia frontosa TFH Dec 92 Cyprichromis leptosoma TFH Apr 90 Cyprinodon macularius (Desert Pupfish) ...

[34] Included on this list are species such as Atlantic cod,[35] Devil's Hole pupfish,[36] coelacanths,[37] and great white sharks.

The female is a bit similar in shape to Cyprinodon (pupfishes) which they are said to have some affinities to. The first ray of the dorsal fin is hard like those present in the spinal dorsal of cichlids, another unique trait.

Some species spend part of the year living under a layer of ice, while the Desert Pupfish (Cyprinodon species) has, on occasion, been found in water with a temperature of 116.6°F (47°C).

Like most killies, breeds on mops, breeding is accomplished by feeding a wide variety of foods and providing a place to spawn. Male and female swim side by side, male cupping his fins over her like many pupfishes.

Otocinclus species and many pupfish are notorious for not taking shipping well. I strongly suspect that one reason is that they eat greens right up to the point of capture, and then secrete ammonia throughout the journey.

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