Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.4

  1. Aphyosemion bivittatum (twostripe lyretail, two-banded killi, red lyretail) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the Nothobranchiidae family. It is found in rivers in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
  2. The golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus (also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally and king trevally), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from South Africa in the west to Central America in the east, extending to Japan in the north and Australia in the south.
  • Country: Republic of Guinea
  • Year: 1971.04.01
  • Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
  • Estimated cost: 40, 100 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: GN 577A, 581A
  • Perf: comb 13 1/4