by Sumer Tiwari | Feb 20, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I recently went to local hobbyist’s fishroom and saw a very interesting fish. It looked like a catfish but had a hump on its head. When I asked my friend, he told me that it was a cichlid. I was very impressed by this catfish-like humpy dwarf cichlid, which I...
by Sumer Tiwari | Jan 22, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I have been talking about killifish in my last few blogposts—I am in absolute awe of them. The way they reproduce is just amazing. In this installment, I am going to show you another very interesting phenomenon—the process of eclosion. When I got some eggs of Blue...
by Sumer Tiwari | Jan 9, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Nature has made annual killifish very interesting. They die every year. Some killifish species have a life span of just a few months like this Nematolebias papilliferus from South America. Their natural habitat dries twice a year, which means that the species...
by Sumer Tiwari | Nov 6, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Killifish are one of the most beautiful fishes on the planet. People often refer Nothobranchius rachovii as the most beautiful freshwater species in the world. In my recent collection trip to Peru, I collected some annual and non annual killifish like Rivulus...
by Sumer Tiwari | Oct 31, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Collecting Trip to Peru: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 We had one last day searching for fish in Peru. Our local guide Felix owned a large piece of land in the deep jungle near Las Pedras River. There were some nice streams and pools on his land, and we...
