RE: [RML] Habitat

Matthew Stanton (matthews at sf.nsw.gov.au)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:57:38 +1100

Darrell,
There is unlikely to be any spot where both P. signifer and R. ornatus are
found in abundance together even though they might live very short distances
from one another. On the NSW north coast the stream habitat will usually
provide for one or the other. There are some instances (particularly in the
shorter coastal drainages around Coffs Harbour) where there is only a short
distance between the estuarine influenced stream and the stream flowing from
an area of swamp or acidic geology. The possibility of catching both species
with a single sweep of the net would still be remote.

There are a number of areas where you could catch P. signifer and R. ornatus
from the same location but probably not on the same day.

There are plenty of places M. duboulayi and P. signifer or M. duboulayi and
R. ornatus could be captured together.

Matthew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darrell Edwards [SMTP:vk2mna at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 3:30 PM
> To: RML Mail List
> Subject: [RML] Habitat
>
> Thanks very much to Matthew Stanton for his comprehensive information on
> collecting laws in NSW.
>
> I wonder if someone knowledgable on Rainbowfish in the wild could tell me
> if
> I would be likely to find M. duboulayi, P. signifer and R. ornatus
> together
> in suitable locations such as the NSW far north coast area?
> Or do they normally inhabit different areas?
>
> Cheers, Darrell
>
> vk2mna at yahoo.com
>
>