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Ajime Dojo (Niwaella delicata)

Post by odyssey » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:19 am

Hi everyone!

I keep Niwaella delicata(Ajime Dojo) inhabiting Japan. I keep Niwaella multifasciata inhabiting Korea together.
I believed that both were relation causes of the same genus, but, in fact, knew what there was not in relation.

I knew that N. multifasciata was moved from the Niwaella genus to the Kichulchoia genus recently.
N.brevifasciata was moved in the same way to the Kichulchoia genus, too.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/OIKAWAMARU/20101006/1286338941

These were morphologically similar, but it seems to have been recognized that it was not relation as a result of DNA analysis.
Two kinds to inhabit are mentioned in China as the Niwaella genus elsewhere, but will be really so?
http://www.abclunwen.com/lunwen-free-48 ... /flash.swf
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/identifica ... &areacode=
The creature classification by the form observation of the appearance is revised in sequence by DNA analysis.

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In Japanese Niwaella delicata, DNA analysis of various local population is performed.
N.delicata is divided into two groups roughly, but, according to the result, there seem to be few the differences.
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/2 ... 564029.php
However, the variation of the design of its body is very big.
I realized that the classification based on the design of the body was unreliable.

I visited 11 rivers where Niwaella delicata inhabited and took a photo of a lot of them underwater.
It is a variation of the designs of N.delicata every river as follows.
Video clips are uploaded to Youtube, too.

River No11
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAjstUfH08

River No10
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJLD4M9x7E

River No09
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEYYM0U4dnU

River No08
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjCEn35WED0

River No07
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flubnRqIqRA

River No06
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdsHXcQT9ng

River No05
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGdfd8NvaQ8

River No04
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KlnFlgoopA

River No03
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMpwLjTGqjo

River No02
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15pqj6OPrww

River No11
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ-PVbGstc
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Post by Mad Duff » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:30 am

Excellent stuff odyssey :D

I wish some of these Korean species could make it over here :(
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Post by Dunga » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:26 pm

Awesome videos!

Thank you for posting.
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Post by chefkeith » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:47 pm

beautiful fish

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Post by starsplitter7 » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:50 pm

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

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Post by NancyD » Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:33 pm

Very pretty fish we never see in my part of the US. Thanks for the pics, odyssey!
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Post by Jim Powers » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:20 pm

As always, thanks for sharing!! :D
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Post by Matt » Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:15 am

Outstanding work Odyssey! I don't suppose you have a copy of the Kim paper do you? Have been after it for a while.

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Post by odyssey » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:29 am

Hi everyone!
Matt wrote: I don't suppose you have a copy of the Kim paper do you?.
The paper I read is Dr. Kitagawa's one about a DNA analysis from Cobitis of Japan and Korea.
He did a mtDNA analysis about 9 species of 3 genus of the Korean Cobitis kinds.
As a result, the relation was not accepted between N. multifasciata regarded as a close species of N.delicata.
It became clear that the species of all Korean Cobitis kinds including N. multifasciata has a high affinity between the third group of the Japanese Cobitis genus.
Sorry,I can not find the English paper of his study.
Then Niwaella delicata seems to have been introduced into ancient Japan first more than Cobitis as a result of a time guess by the mutation rate of mtDNA.
http://www.bio.mie-u.ac.jp/database/doc-abs/kou95.html

In the latest Cobitis study, a family tree of Cobitis of the Eurasian Continent whole area seems to be done by DNA analysis.


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When the water temperature falls, Niwaella delicata dives in a riverbed with spring water and stays over winter.
Therefore it won't be possible to see them at a river until next year.
Mad Dufft wrote:Eleven loach species bred, which will be next?
When my passion doesn't cool during winter, I'll do photography in the water of "Cobitis takatsuensis" in a natural habitat next year.
Cobitis takatsuensis
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Post by plaalye » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:58 am

Beautiful odyssey! So many variations in their markings!

P.S. are you happy with your S90? I just ordered an S95.

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Post by Matt » Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:44 pm

No problem Odyssey. The one I want is: Kim, I.S. (2009) A review of the spined loaches, family Cobitidae (Cypriniformes) in Korea. Korean Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (Suppl.): 7-28.

And I don't mind it in Korean!

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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:38 pm

Stunning!

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Post by odyssey » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:41 am

Hi plaalye, Matt, Martin!
Thanks for comment.

I add several pictures more.
River No04
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These are child Niwaella delicata.
River No05
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River No08
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plaalye wrote:P.S. are you happy with your S90? I just ordered an S95.
Stupidly I have drained my S90 into the river with a waterproofing case in a summer vacation.
Thus I purchased S95 last week, too.
P.S. Sorry,I made a mistake in the thread which should have done a reply and have done a reply to other article yesterday.
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