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The 1910s

2 fish described in the 1910s, year by year.

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1911

🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreBlue lyretail A colourful West African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1911

1915

🇬🇳 Guinea and 2 moreClown killi Small West African freshwater fish with ringed patternsLivebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1915

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Clown killi: Oscar le poisson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Blue lyretail: Violaine2, France, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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