Glossary: F0
Not an official term in genetics, but often used in reference to the founder, or parental, generation in a line of captive-bred organisms. Also used in aquarium literature to refer to wild caught fishes or a pair or group of assumedly unrelated individuals being used for breeding purposes.
Barbodes dunckeri – Clown Barb (Barbus dunckeri, Puntius dunckeri)
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6th Aug 2018
Trichopsis pumila – Sparkling Gourami (Ctenops pumilus, Trichopsis pumilus var. siamensis)
Had a few of these guys - little ones - eat every single limb of some large Amano Shrimp. Still one of my favorite fish. You really can hear them s...
1st Aug 2018
Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Striped Kribensis)
As per Lamboj et al. (2014), species from Cameroon now use the revalidated taxon Pelvicachromis kribensis, except those from the Wouri river (also Cam...
6th Jun 2018
Leptobarbus rubripinna – Red-finned Cigar Shark (Filirasbora rubripinna)
I've owned several of these and acquired all of them except one in the 1996/1997 period. Of this group I still have one given to me by a hobbyist beca...
2nd May 2018
Heros efasciatus (Severum)
There is an excellent article in the Cichlid News January 2016 issue written by Wayne Leibel that explains the recent history of the genus. The true ...
27th Apr 2018