Re: [RML] Peacock Gudgeons

Jim Dines (jimdines at netnitco.net)
Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:11:28 -0800

drews at webgate.net wrote:
>
> Scott Hunt wrote...>>Could someone please tell me the scientific name for
> peacock gudgeons.
>
> TIA
> Scott Hunt...<<
>
> Sure Scott,
>
> Tateurndina ocellicauda. They are of course from New Guinea and are to be found
> in eastern PNG on the NE side of the Owen Stanley range. Allen notes that they
> are common in rainforest streams around Popondetta and Safia.
>
> They are the only species withintheir genus.
>
> Chris
HOW WOULD SOMEONE IN THE USA GET A FEW OF THE PEACOCK GUDGEONS? I SAW
PICTURES OF THEM ON THE ANGFA SITE