Adrian Tappin.
>Adrian,
> just for your info., I have been sending this e-mail overseas to other
>groups for their help.
>
>the Australia New Guinea Fishes Association, Melbourne Zoo and Rainforest
>Habitat in New Guinea have formed a partnership to ensure the survival of
>the Lake Wanam Rainbowfish G. wanamensis. This species is now thought to be
>extinct in the wild. We have just started a species management program for
>this fish in Australia and intend to set up facilities for breeding in New
>Guinea in June of this year and conduct a survey of Lake Wanam. We are
>urgently seeking information on populations of fish outside Australia to
>establish the captive status of the species world wide.
>We need to know information such as estimated numbers held, origin of the
>captive population, quality of fish, any hybridisation that may have
>occurred etc. We are considering importation of new blood lines into
>Australia or possibly direct to New Guinea.
>If you have any information the could assist us with this project we would
>greatly appreciate your help.
>
>Also, we are starting a captive breeding program immediately and are looking
>for people with the species to come forward and sign some sort of agreement
>with ANGFA to breed fish for the project. If anyone you know has this
>species, can you please ask them to contact me or one of the Vic. committee
>members.
>
>Thanks
>
>Matt
>
>
>Matt Vincent
>Melbourne Zoo
>PO Box 74
>Parkville, VIC 3052.
>Tel: +61 3 9285 9443
>Fax: +61 3 9285 9360
>E-mail: jbirkett at zoo.org.au
>
>
>
Adrian R. Tappin
Brisbane, Australia.
"Home of the Rainbowfish"
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm