Flossen konnte ich mit meinem lebend gehaltenen
Exemplare nicht recht in Einklang bringen. Ich
hatte damals noch nicht die Konnexionen mit
den gelehrten Kreisen und uberwies das Praparat
meines Fundulus-Mannchens dem hiesige
Naturhisorischen Museum zur Bestimmung. Ueber
das Resultat der Untersuchung konnte ich bis
heute nichts in Erfahrung bringen!
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I couldn't quite bring fins into harmony with my specimen kept alive. I
didn't have the connections with at that time
the learned circles and transferred the preparation
of my Fundulus husband the local one
Natural history museum for determination. Over
I was able to see the result of the examination
do not find out anything today!
Months passed! The fish imports from West Africa brought much beauty and interesting, but not a Fundulus . One of best Siggelkow fishermen, at the same time understanding carrier, was in mid-June In 1907 we went out to Niger, and so did we eagerly awaited his return. The Schiff arrived here on September 1, 1907, and At noon on September 2, 1907, Siggelkow reported to me by telephone that she had come for him Fish shipment now in full was in his house and among other things Contains 28 pieces of Fundulus . An hour later I was at Siggelkow, where I met Frau Kuhnt Conradshohe. In front of the aquarium with The Fundulus I sat down for everything else did not appeal to me at the moment! I saw there the conspecifics of our faded "Mobbi" in small and large, almost fully grown, well-preserved specimens, little men and women; but also a second type of Fundulus was represented in between, also in large and small specimens of both sexes; Fundulus arnoldi Blgr, I looked in vain. Although Mrs. Kuhnt does the whole import had already taken over, she kicked me in the most friendly manner Way a pair of each of these two Fundulus species and let me choose. Less out of modesty than out of it In principle, I looked for the smallest copies because they are easier to live in and then in a relatively small aquarium Propagation proceed. Fishing out the Mannchen was no problem, because these are through even in adolescent age the more intense coloring - with striking light - easy to distinguish from the females; but fishing out the associated ones Female was not an easy task; longer than I have an hour in the sweat of mine Given - the room temperature 20 Reaumur-needed until I, of my opinion would have. The females of these two Fundulus species are, as small specimens 3-4 cm long, almost indistinguishable from one another. joyful heart I went home with my sweetheart. A heated box aquarium of 56x28x30 cm size I put through a self-pushed glass pane in two Halved and put a parcel in each compartment the new Fundulus . And her new apartment immediately felt at home and unrefined equal to an in-depth inspection. Only the man of the blue Fundulus , which was about 1/3 cm smaller than his Female, was very weak, soon it got up the head, soon it was on its side. I did not worry, because Siggelkow had it turned out to be a perfectly healthy animal, so that the mental equilibrium disturbance probably only due to the shock during the Transports to my apartment on the way to be returned with the "electrical" had to. After half an hour it was the disturbance caused by the rest is eliminated and fishing now swam normally in the Aquarium around. Mosquito larvae and small ones I didn't have worms in my hand, I sat hence some Daphnia, but they are spurned become. A good thought occurred to me! one of my Mollienisia latipinna females me the morning of the same day with one large number - around 70 - boys given gifts, and these should mean my new Fundulus as First food that includes Fundulus species, with a particular preference for fry is generally known. I started with a scoop a dozen of the newborn Mollienisia out and gave them the Fundulus , which immediately hunted down they made and the delicate things well left to taste. Little by little, it fought me the whole bunch of young Mollienisia and more a large number of young Poecilia mexicana . The Although it was a somewhat expensive food, it was proven but prove to be extremely invigorating for the little Fundulus who are now used to eating also went to other live fodder and with the varied feeding yourself developed fabulously rapidly. Especially the almost daily feeding with red mosquito larvae, the I got from Thumm-Klotzsche-Dresden, wore to the rapid growth, so that I At the end of December 1907 it was almost fully grown Breeding pair with this blue Fundulus in front of me would have. Now the love games began, which are almost analogous to Fundulus |