Re: [RML] What fish is this...

Roy Hunter (Rainbows01 at sprynet.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 20:14:13 -0700

Armstrong sent me a picture of the fish, well maybe the fish you describe,
Its a trifascata from Cato river. Its an awsome looking fish for sure and
does fit the description except the size... If it has no black stripe then
I'd say it could also be Doley's gracilis.

Roy Hunter
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> From: Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] What fish is this...
> Date: Friday, January 10, 1997 6:01 PM
>
> Howdy All! A friend who's only just gotten email sent me the following
fish
> desc. The fish were purchased in a Darwin, NT, pet shop.
>
> "I purchased a small rainbow, about 3 cm long, the
> other day and was told that it is the sparkling rainbow(no other name).
The
> fish is a real stunner it has sparkling blue sides and red thru the tail
and
> dorsal fins, apparently it only growes to about 7cm. If you know what the

> fish could you let me know, sorry I can't help but that is all I know at
> this stage. I purchased 5 of the fish and I think that I have 3 females
and
> 2 males."
>
> My feeling is that maybe he's got some Cape Arnhem Melanotaenia
trifasciata,
> but someone may recognise the "Sparkling Rainbowfish" handle...
>
> Regards, Andrew Boyd
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