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Renova oscari
Aquarium Glaser has for the first time
obtained a splendid killifish species from
Venezuela. Itwas at first provisionally labeled
Moema
sp. Venezuela, but it soon became
apparent that it was a population of the
monotypic (= containing only one species)
genus
Renova
,first described in 1995.
Renova
differs from
Moema
only inminor anatomical
details (fewer vertebrae, different head
profile, smaller eventual size, etc). Prior to its
scientific description as
Renova oscari
the
species was known among killie fans as
"
Moema
sp.from Isla Raton".It is an annual (=
lives for only one season), bottom-spawning
species.The type locality is the Isla Raton, an
island some 14 km long and6 kmwide in the
Orinoco, where
Renova oscari
is found
together with an undescribed Rivulus
species,
Micromoema xiphophorus,
and
Terranatos dolichopterus.
New:
Brachygobius
sp.Ozelot
This dwarf goby (the species grows to at most 2 cm long), recently imported for the first time, can't be assigned to any of the species currently
described.According to our supplier these little fishes originate from Indonesia.
Brachygobius
possess an important identification character that can be readily seen even in photos.Specifically,in some species the back in front of
the start of the first dorsal fin is scaled,in others not.Our newly-imported species is unscaled in this area.This fact,together with the coloration and
provenance, suggests that the new import is probably an as yet undescribed species.
The variation in color in the newly-imported fishes is unbelievable - no two individuals have exactly the same pattern. For this reason we decided
to give it the temporary name of "Ocelot". That aside, it is a very attractive new species, ideally suited to small aquaria.
