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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