Isnt a Melanotaenia splendida australis a splendida ??????????(confused)
>>Definitely an 'australis' type fish. At a guess it is from the South
Alligator so would now be "Melanotaenia solata"
I Have M solata from St Alligator River received wild fish 6 years ago and
they are not quite like the fish pictured.
I feel think they are M.sp.australis drysdale the black is showing up to
strong for St Alligator.
I also feel there is quite a difference in the Northern Territory
australis/solata compared to the western Australian splendida australis in
colour
even look on the ANGFA splendida poster and the two Northern Territory
australis look simular to each other.
Then the two australis from Western Australia look simular to each other.
seems to be more blue in the NT specimens and more black in the WA
specimens. (if any of that makes sense to anyone??)]
Danny Walker
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tappin <tappin at powerup.com.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Friday, 22 June 2001 11:57
Subject: Re: [RML] Rainbow ID please...
>At 09:48 21/06/01 +0930, you wrote:
>>Looks to me like a Melanotaenia splendida australis from western
Australian
>>possibly Drysdale River but Im no expert....
>
>Definitely an 'australis' type fish. At a guess it is from the South
>Alligator so would now be "Melanotaenia solata" if Jerry is right?
>(Drysdales are totally different than the one shown - body shape as well as
>colour). Also, Eight-line rainbowfish is the usual trade name used in the
>US for M. s. australis.
>
>I had a fish almost identical as that and I'm sure it came from the South
>Alligator River.
>
>I wonder how many australis are around now that have been mixed with other
>river varieties. I guess in the future we'll find that they are all
>different species - certainly some are very very different from each other?
>
>Adrian.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Shane Graber <chemistboy at excite.com>
>>To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>>Date: Wednesday, 20 June 2001 3:40
>>Subject: [RML] Rainbow ID please...
>>
>>
>> >I was wondering if someone on the list could identify this rainbowfish:
>> >
>> >http://www.farmertodd.com/newimages/freshies/EightLine.jpg
>> >
>> >I'm guessing that it is some color morph of M. spledida splendida, but
>> >that's just a guess.
>> >
>> >Thanks! :)
>> >
>> >Shane Graber
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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