Query

[Hillfish]

HI JUST WONDERED IF ANYONE KNEW WHERE TO GET BLACK BEAUTY FISH FROM. SAW SOME IN A FISH MAGAZINE AND HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THEM BUT NOT WHERE TO FIND ANY. HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I LIVE IN THE NORFOLK AREA (UK)


THANKS!!

 

[619 Fish GOD]

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM

 

[Dwarfs]

Why is everyone talking in caps? Nver heard of a black beauty, what's it look like? (shape, finnage etc)

 

[ferrikins]

There Livebearers as far as I know.

I'll have a look in my books and get back to ya.

 

[sylvia]

Yes they are livebearers and look similar to a humpbacked limia but is black with a lighter head and kind of sailfin dorsal... I can't remember the scientific name but I think it is Skiffia something. They grow to around 5cm and I think its a hybrid but the offspring are fertile.