Parosphromenus nagyi, Chini

[Nicolas BUISSON]

Hello guys,

I am just back from Malaisia, with some fishes 😉
I found a Parosphromenus nagyi in the small village of GUMUM
Photos :
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With those Paros, we found Luciocephalus pulcher, Sphaerichthys osphomenoides, Nandus nebulosas, Trichopsis vittata, Pagio kuhlii, half bec, and a lot of others fishes.
See you tonight for fresh photos 😉

[Steffens, Sylvia]

Very interesting, nice photos!

Do they look different than other nagyi species when they show “normal” colours?

[Peter Finke]

Nicolas sent me this news some days earlier already still from Malaysia. As I hear from him all caught fish have been safely transferred to Europe. Very good, Nico!
But there are two questions left:
1. The question of Nathea, especially do the males resemble the Kuantan-type (with short caudals and a white band in the caudal) oder the Cherating-type (with longer caudals and a blue band in the caudal)? Or do they represent still a third type?
2. The pH (see photo) is markedly higher (7.42) than mostly measured and conveniant to black-water fish. I assume this to indicate a severely influenced milieu by human interference. I do not think that the fish will survive this conditions longer than one or two years. They will not really be able to propagate here; the eggs will be destroyed by bacteria before hatching. If there are nagyi to be found for a longer time, they will come from a distant source area still unspoiled by plantations or other noxious threats, I guess.

[Nicolas BUISSON]

Sorry sorry, I am late !
So they have the phenotype of P. nagyi of Kuantan, they are white, photos at home :
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[Bill Little]

Good to see them out of the collection bottle. It appears photo #2 is considerably different from the three remaining photos. Is it just lighting? Do these fish match up with either of the other two variations previously collected or do we now have a third variation?

[Nicolas BUISSON]

Yes they are better in their new tanks (3 tanks of 25L) 3 pairs by tanks yes but I think it is a young, I do not really know this spieces, it is my first nagyi. for the variation I do not know. I will do more photos this week end.

[David]

Hello,
I caught them with Nico last year and caught again some during august this year.
I know a man who caught some before 1990 at the same place.
David

[David]

Oops i forgoted …
I’m David Charmillon, i like to keep and bred (or try to breed 😉 ) fishes.

I like to travel in Asia and i spent 3 times in Malaysia since year 2000.
I hope i’ll have a new trip with my friend Nico in Borneo on 2015.
Nico open my eyes for paros but i like Big yellow betta, Waseri group and others Osphromenoidae too.
At this time I have some P linkei and P nagyi.

I ‘am on the the people who manage Osphroclic, the CIL-IBSC keeping fish list : http://www.cil-ibsc.fr/osphroclic/maintenance.php

My english is very bad but i can speack fluantly when i drink beer …

David

[Nicolas BUISSON]

Yes, thank you to not speak about me like the devil who multiplies your tank number by 3.
Yes , David is my fish partner. We found those nagyi two years ago in Malaysia.

[helene schoubye]

🙂 Very nice to have these reports from you about the p.nagyi brought from Malaysia. I have myself a species of p. nagyi ‘kuantan’ – which I happened to get through my local fish shop, as wild caught nagyi two years ago. They managed to breed and I have a good many of them now. They look a lot like yours.
I also have a p. nagyi ‘cherating’ which I got from Christian Hinz who caught them himself a couple of years ago also.

[David]

I caught some nagyi near Kuantan close to the highway from kuantan to pekan. This species can be found on the north. I didnt caught them in cherating but in Terrenganu, Cukai district.
David

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