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New Nannacara species

Randall

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Hello friends,

It has been brought to my attention that Wolfgang Staeck and Ingo Schindler described a new Nannacara species in November 2004. Nannacara quadrispinae is from the Orinoco delta in eastern Venezuela. It is closely related to N. anomala and the N. anomala-species complex forms which share a reduced number of caudal fin rays (14 vs. 16). N. quadrispinae is characterized by the possession of four spines in the anal fin.

For more information, please refer to the announcement in "Practical Fishkeeping" magazine:

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=523

For a photo, please refer to "Aquanet" magazine:

http://www.aquanet.de/magazin/magazin_detail.20041228112232908.asp

Ref.:

Staeck, W. & I. Schindler. 2004. Nannacara quadrispinae sp. n.--a new dwarf cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. Zoologische Abhandlungen 54:155-161.


Thank you.

All the best,

Randall Kohn
 

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