Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Burundi) Part.2

  Tilapia melanopleura, the Redbelly tilapia, Tilapia zillii, is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found widely in numerous African and Eurasian countries, both as aquarium fish and food fish.

  The leopard bush fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre), also known as leopard bushfish, spotted ctenopoma, leopard ctenopoma, spotted climbing perch, spotted leaf fish, African leaf fish, spotted cichlid or spotted bushfish, is a freshwater fish.

  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.

  Synodontis angelicus is a species of upside-down catfish commonly named polka-dot African catfish or angel squeaker. This species is native to the Congo Basin of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

  Monodactylus argentus, a perciform fish in the Monodactylidae family, is usually found in the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to New Caledonia and Australia.

  The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae (from the Greek ζαγκίος, zagkios, "oblique") in order Perciformes.

  The royal angelfish or regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, is a species of marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, and the monotypic genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans.

  Cephalopholis argus, also known as: roi, bluespotted grouper, argus grouper, peacock hind, peacock grouper or peacock rockcod is a fish from the Indo-Pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish, an invasive species and occasionally an aquarium resident.

• Series: Fishes
• Country: Republic of Burundi
• Year: 1974
• Emission: Commemorative, Air mail
• Perforation: line 13½
• Printing: Photogravure
• Size: 70 x 70 mm
• Face value: 3, 17, 5, 24 Burundi francs 
• Number of catalogue Michel: BI 1042-1049, BI 1093-1100

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

Ring-necked pheasant

  The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe (where it is naturalized), it is simply known as the "pheasant". Ring-necked pheasant is both the name used for the species as a whole in North America and also the collective name for a number of subspecies and their intergrades which have white neck rings.

• Series: Pheasants
• Country: North Korea
• Year: 1976-05-05
• Emission: Commemorative
• Perforation: comb 13
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 52 x 34 mm
• Face value: 50 North Korean chon 
• Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1506

White eared pheasant

  White eared pheasants (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) are a species of "eared pheasants" and get their name because they are white and have the prominent ear tufts of the genus, not because they have white ears. They are called shagga, meaning snow fowl, by indigenous Himalayan peoples. These gregarious birds live in large flocks, foraging on alpine meadows close to or above the snowline throughout the year. White eared pheasants tend to fly a great deal more than their close relatives, the brown eared and blue eared pheasants. All three ecological species are obliged to hover or volplane over deep snow. They do this with the aid of their great wide tails. Eared pheasants move across deep snow by whirring their wings and fluttering close to the ground, and supporting their weight on their retrices, leave characteristic if somewhat other worldly appearing tracks.

• Series: Pheasants
• Country: North Korea
• Year: 1976-05-05
• Emission: Commemorative
• Perforation: comb 13
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 52 x 34 mm
• Face value: 40 North Korean chon 
• Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1505

Temminck's tragopan

  The Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. It has a bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. The female is a white-spotted brown bird with blue circular eye skin.

• Series: Pheasants
• Country: North Korea
• Year: 1976-05-05
• Emission: Commemorative
• Perforation: comb 13
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 52 x 34 mm
• Face value: 25 North Korean chon 
• Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1504

The Reeves's pheasant

  The Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China. It is named for the British naturalist John Reeves, who first introduced live specimens to Europe in 1831.

• Series: Pheasants
• Country: North Korea
• Year: 1976-05-05
• Emission: Commemorative
• Perforation: comb 13
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 52 x 34 mm
• Face value: 15 North Korean chon 
• Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1503