Episode Details

The team dives into much more than just South American Killifish this episode. They discuss the Lacey Act and the native fish of Brazil, sustainable collection like Project Piaba, killifish diapause and dirt spawning methods. Join us at the KilliKarnival on April. 25th, 2026. We appreciate your patience with the delay of last week’s podcast. Our regular publishing schedule will begin again as usual on 4/17/2026.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

KilliKarnival – https://mas.fish/society-events/killifish-karnival/

Brief Summary of Lacey Act – https://www.animallaw.info/article/brief-summary-lacey-act

Project Piaba – https://projectpiaba.org/

British Killifish Association – https://killis.org.uk/

American Killifish Association – https://aka.org/

It Rains Fish – https://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/

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Species mentioned in this episode:

Brazilian genre:

Simpsonichthys, Nematolebias, Leptopanchax, Campellolebias, Mucurilebias

Available hobby alternative for Simpsonichthys is Spectrolebias

Brazilian species:

Cynolebias microphthalmus

Hypsolebias magnificus

Xenurolebias tupinikin

Argolebias nigripinnis

Main South American Annual Genre:

Austrolebias, Stenolebias, Pterolebias, Notholebias, Moema, Rachovia, Simpsonichthys

Other:

Titanolebias

Gnatholebias

Neofundulus

Pterolebias longipinnis

Spectrolebias chacoensis

Simpsonichthys filamentosus

Aphanius mento