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All the way from Canada, we are proud to have Jim Cumming joining us for a presentation of the Cichlids of Madagascar!
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Biography
Jim Cumming hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and is a lifelong fish hobbyist, having been involved for over 50 years. Other than a fifteen year sojourn into the world of killifish (his online moniker is ‘notho2000’) he has kept and presently keeps mostly Central and South American cichlids, but he currently devotes about one third of his 40 aquarium fish room to Madagascan cichlids and the Etroplus genus from India. He has given presentations on Madagascan cichlids and their plight to the Winnipeg and Saskatoon Aquarium Societies, the New England Cichlid Association, the Bermuda Aquarium Society, the Dead Fish Order, the Ohio Cichlid Association, the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, the Durham Regional Aquarium Society and the Great Salt Lake Aquarium Society. Jim has also had extensive collecting experience in Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Brazil and the southern U.S.
He maintains a very active YouTube channel with around 470 videos at last count, highlighting the fish he keeps or has kept, and emphasizing maintenance and breeding. Jim is also a moderator for several Facebook forums, contributes regularly to other on-line forums as well (CRC, ACA, MFK, and the Winnipeg Fish Forum) and has had articles published in Amazonas and Cichlid News magazines. He is also a Species Specialist and a speaker for the CARES program. He looks forward to enthusiastically spreading the word on this magnificent group of fishes
“The Cichlids of Madagascar – A Land in Crisis”
Talk Outline
- Where Madagascar is located.
- How large it is, comparatively speaking.
- How it got to where it is.
- Its importance in global distribution of all cichlids.
- State of the land– ‘the good , the bad, and the ugly’.
- Described genera of the endemic cichlids
- Species that I have experience with.
- A more detailed look at some species
- The people behind the cichlids
- Saving a species from extinction and conservation.
- The future of the endemic fishes, and fauna in general.
The Club will be bringing in, by request, a Catfish Growth Contest Fish!
As Always we will try to bring in fish from Davesfish.com for the Mini Auction!
LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235
Bowl Show setup starts at 6:30pm
Meeting Officially Starts at 7pm.
Bowl Show Categories for May are as follows:
LAKE MALAWI – GROUP 2—MBUNA—Abactochromis, Cynotilapia, Gephyrochromis, Iodotropheus, Labeotropheus, Labidochromis, Melanochromis, Metriaclima, Petrotilapia, Pseudotropheus, Tropheops.
LAKE TANGANYIKA – GROUP 3—FEATHERFINS, FRONTOSA, TROPHEUS, PETROS—Aulonocranus, Benthochromis, Cunningtonia, Cyathopharynx, Cyphotilapia, Opthalmotilapia, Petrochromis, Tropheus.
OTHER AFRICAN/ASIAN CICHLIDS – GROUP 2—OTHER AFRICAN CICHLIDS—Alcolapia, Anomalochromis, Astatotilapia, (A. desfontainii), Benitochromis, Chetia, Chilochromis, Chromidotilapia, Congochromis, Cyclopharynx, Danakilia, Divandu, Enigmatochromis, Etia, Gaurochromis, Gobiocichla, Haplochromis (H. burtoni), Hemichromis, Heterochromis, Konia, Limbochromis, Macropleurodus, Myaka, Nanochromis, Oreochromis (O. mossambicus), Orthochromis, Parananochromis, Pelmatochromis, Pelvicachromis, Pharygochromis, Pseudocrenilabrus (P. nicholsi), Pterochromis, Pungu, Saratherodon, Sargochromis, Schwetzochromis, Steatocranus, Stomatepia, Teleogramma, Thoracochromis, Tilapia.Thysochromis.
NEW WORLD CICHLIDS – GROUP 3—SOUTH AMERICAN DWARF CICHLIDS—Apistogramma, Apistogrammoides, Biotoecus, Cleithracara, Laetacara, Mikrogeophagus, Nannacara, Taeniacara, Tahuantinsuyoa.|
OPEN CATEGORY – CATFISH, NOT SUCKER-MOUTHED (not Synodontis)
(To view upcoming Bowl Show Categories visit the link below.
http://rmcichlid.org/bowl-shows/)
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