Re: off topic: croaking tetra?

[swaldron@slip.net]

thnaks for the masterful reply marco, much appreciated

>swaldron@slip.net wrote:
>>
>> forgive the characin ignorance, but has anyone experience with a tetra
>> called the croaking?
>
>The name "croaking tetras" applies to members of the genus Mimagoniates,
>a Characin of the Glandulocaudinae subfamily.
>The name was originally used for the species Mimagoniates inequalis,
>that indeed makes a spawning sound like a "croak", but currently extends
>to the other species within the genus.
>Dr. Stanley Weitzman and other ichthyologists published an excelent
>series of articles about these fishes in TFH magazine.
>
>> I have no idea what its scientific name or where its
>> from but looks a lot like like an elongate, narrow bodied emperor. The
>> males have the typical sparring behavior like emperors, they also do an
>> interesting stiff, low slung pectoral fin display, not unlike the
>> aggressive displays of certain sharks. anyone?
>
>The commonest species in the hobby is Mimagoniates microlepis, the "blue
>croaking tetra".
>Another species is the "chocolate croaking tetra", Mimagoniates
>lateralis, that is a dwarf form (adult size 1.5 inch) that is living
>exclusively in blackwater biotopes in South Eastern Brazil. This species
>is very colorful, of a beautiful red-brown reminding chocolate colour.
>
>Cheers
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