Sunday, March 6, 2016

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Burundi) Part.1

  The Egyptian mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) is a species of cichlid. This small mouthbrooder reaches about 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, and is found in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats in Eastern Africa from Egypt and as far south as Tanzania.
  The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.
  Tropheus duboisi, the white spotted cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It can reach a length of 12 cm (4.7 in).
  The six-banded distichodus or sixbar distichodus (Distichodus sexfasciatus) is a species of fish in the Distichodontidae family.
  Polycentropsis abbreviata, the African leaffish, is a species of Asian leaffish native to fresh waters of western Africa.
  Pelvicachromis pulcher (Pelmatochromius kribensis) is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family, endemic to Nigeria and Cameroon.
  The African jewelfish (Hemichromis bimaculatus), also known as jewel cichlid or jewelfish, is from the family cichlidae.
  Nannaethiops tritaeniatus is a genus of distichodontid fishes found in Africa.
  • Series: Fishes
  • Country: Republic of Burundi
  • Year: 1974
  • Emission: Commemorative, Air mail
  • Perforation: line 13½
  • Printing: Photogravure
  • Size: 70 x 70 mm
  • Face value: 1, 10, 2, 14 Burundi francs 
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BI 1034-1041, BI 1085-1092