Re: [RML] Peacock Gudgeons

Rob Wager (raintree at closer.brisnet.org.au)
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:01:28 +1000 (EST)

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>Could someone please tell me the scientific name for peacock gudgeons.
>
>TIA
>Scott Hunt

No problem. It was named Tateurndina ocellicauda by Nichols in 1955.
Peacock gudgeons come from Eastern Papua New Guinea. Gerry Allens book,
Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea, has a little about them. There have been
articles in TFH Magazine and in Fishes of Sahul Volume 2 Number 1.

Cheers

Rob Wager
Freshwater Fish Biologist

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