Friday, April 10, 2020

Killifish Breeding: Fundulopanchax walkeri GH2 Kutunse, our 2020 Project Fish

Here is a school of Fundulopanchax walkeri GH2 Kutunse, our 2020 project species. Of course we also raise other species, those that are favorites of our kids and grandkids.




In the tank shown are fish we hatched in August of 2019. Now at eight months they are colored up and will begin serious egg production this summer.

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Kutunse is a neighborhood north of Accra, the capital of Ghana, near the coast. Urban sprawl has threatened the Kutunse population,










Their original habitat was coastal forest, so they used to have shade. We try to duplicate their original habitat by providing a dark aquarium with a heavy cover of surface plants, a little salt in the water, and a peat substrate for tannins and a place to lay eggs. Fp.walkeri will tolerate schools if they are all about the same size.


The IUCN reviewed the entire species in 2006 and declared it NEAR THREATENED
IUCN Redlist for Fp.walkeri




Additional information for this and other known populations of Fundulopanchax walkeri is on the American Killifish Association website: https://www.wak.aka.org/Ref_Library/Fundulopanchax/Fp.walkeri.htm