Nosferatu bartoni

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There are three pairs of N. bartoni in a 70G, along with several A. altifrons, and a few other odds and ends. It's basically a grow out tank, sparsely decorated for "ease of maintenance" purposes. Bartoni are slow growing but sex out at a small size and early age. So it wasn't a surprise a few months back to have a pair lay eggs. Unfortunately, the best surface they could find was the side of a sponge filter. The eggs didn't do well, needless to say, so I vowed to do better for them next time. I put in a cave/pot. And the other day, this became the repository for their latest spawn. At least it affords the eggs some protection. Here is the pair, in full breeding dress, guarding their spawn.
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Interesting name,I've never heard of them before.
 

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Nosferatu? Wasn't aware of this division in the genus. Very creative to use the name from a 1922 german silent film classic. Now the fish will be known as either the Vampyre cichlid or the Symphonie of Horror cichlid.

Well done on the beautiful spawning pair.
 

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Interesting name,I've never heard of them before.
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
Nosferatu bartoni (T. H. Bean, 1892)
Nosferatu labridens (Pellegrin, 1903))
Nosferatu molango (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013)
Nosferatu pame (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013)
Nosferatu pantostictus (J. N. Taylor & R. R. Miller, 1983)
Nosferatu pratinus (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013)
Nosferatu steindachneri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)


They look great. Do you have any non-spawning pics? I have never seen adults regular colors.
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The 5th and 6th pictures show a male in non breeding coloration.

Its a newly created genus to split them from herichthys.
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Nosferatu? Really?

They're cool looking fish. I must look into them now.


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They're worth keeping.



Man I like your fish and your enthusiasm for them.
Thanks.

Nosferatu? Wasn't aware of this division in the genus. Very creative to use the name from a 1922 german silent film classic. Now the fish will be known as either the Vampyre cichlid or the Symphonie of Horror cichlid.

Well done on the beautiful spawning pair.
Thanks.
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bartoni, normal color above
Nosferatu is a recent genus change, but IMO well deserved.
Since the "type" species of Herichthys, is H cyannoguttatus, and includes carpintus, minckleyi and some other similar species, the bartoni, labridens and pantostictus etc are quite different, and to me deserve separation. I believe the name is based on the canine teeth of the fish in the new genus, which are quite different than Herichthys, and are a bit "true bloodish".
spawning color

also part of Nosferatu, N pantostictus

quite a change from Herichthys
carpintus

or tamasopoensis
 
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