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Not a lampeye. DNA says: somewhere in the Aphyosemion clade. Convergent evolution. The similarity with a lampeye is amazing, a difference being the insertion of the pectoral fin which is higher in lampeyes. - JVDZ
This fish breeds in a way unlike all other killifish. The male build s nest in the sand and then guards the eggs - just like cichlids would do. Note however this only occurs in shallow water. In deeper water they lay eggs in plants or mops and just ignore eggs and fry. Also prodigious eaters of algae. Common in South Florida in the USA
ABSTRACT
Papiliolebias francescae, new species, is described based on specimens collected in a seasonal pool in Rio San Pablo drainage, Departamento Santa Cruz, central Bolivia. It differs from its congeners by the following unique features in males: dorsal and anal fins pointed; oblique, chevronshaped, blue-gray and dark red stripes in close proximity on flanks; proximal half dorsal and anal fin whitish with broad dark red elongated spots; caudal fin with two or three transverse rows of dark red spots; pupil with anterior pointed extension.
Picture: Papiliolebias francescae, MSNG 57820, male, holotype, 21.3 mm SL: Bolivia, San Pablo drainage (in life). Photo by
Stefano Valdesalici.
" N. fuscotaeniatus was only caught in 1997 (and then twice from two different trips in the same year), the TZ 1997 trip by Seegers and the TAN 1997 by Watters and fellow travellers. Before and after, no one has ever caught this fish, although many have fished in the area. The same mystery applies to N. ruudwildekampi 2001 (not caught before its first collection, although found in a heavily fished area of the Mbezi inlet) and N. steinforti (not found since 1976, although heavily searched for, both by the first finders and by me on two trips)." - Steffen Fick, 2023