Re: [RML] News Flash

Rob Wager (raintree at mail.cth.com.au)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:17:06 +1000

Well Mr T. my correspondents suggest that the Lake Eacham Rainbowfish is
once again endangered due to few remaining populations, and that all those
naturally occurring eachamensis/splendida hybrids on the Atherton
Tablelands, etc. are in fact news species. Time for a collective "I told you
so" by the aquarists hey?

Rob Wager
Raintree Aquatics Pty Ltd
Aquatic Environment and Aquaculture Specialists
1002 Caboolture River Road
Rocksberg QLD 4510
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 07 5496 7939 Facsimile: 07 5497 0022
Email: raintree at mail.cth.com.au

>Heres some late breaking news that's come in from my correspondents in the
>field!
>
>>As we discussed a while back DNA tests apparently show that the Utchee
>>Ck's are the new species of rainbow and closely related to crimson spot
>>rainbows. I have not seen the papers on this so this info may or may
>>not be fully correct.
>
>Well now, what do you all think of that ;-)
>
>Adrian.
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> Adrian R. Tappin
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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