I Keep Galaxias maculatus (Murray River) Galaxias olidus (5th Creek) and
Galaxiella pusilla ( Long Neck Drain & also Bellviaqua Ford) all fish are
from South Australian populations.
I have also Kept in the past Galaxias brevipinnis Victoria Creek
Maculatus and olidus Ive collected/ observed at over a hundred sites in
southern Australia.
Danny Walker
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Davis <unclescott at prodigy.net>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Wednesday, 13 June 2001 0:39
Subject: Re: [RML] Ever heard of Galaxis zebratus
>The several species pictured in the Baensch /Mergus Foto Index are
sometimes
>a little reminiscent of small trout (ironic in that exotics have threatened
>them in places?) Do either South African or Oz or New Zealand aquarists
>keep them? G. auratus, truttaceus, munda, and nigrostriata look kind of
>interesting. Lepidogalaxius salamandroides rather resembles a loach or
>darter.
>
>Do cool temperature and oxygen requirements keep them from being kept much?
>Do they migrate to spawn or can they be aquarium spawned?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Harro Hieronimus" <Harro.Hieronimus at t-online.de>
>To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:12 AM
>Subject: AW: [RML] Ever heard of Galaxis zebratus
>
>
>Galaxias zebratus may have been shown in Belgium at the Aqua XPO last
>weekend by Heiko Bleher for the first time.
>
>Galaxiidae occur in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America
>and are a relict family from times when these continents where one
landmass.
>Some can be kept in the normal garden pond in our area, as they have
>coldness tolerance. The highest number of species is in Australia and New
>Zealand. It has occured in Antarctica, I don't know if fossil ones have
been
>found.
>
>Harro
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: owner-rainbowfish at pcug.org.au [owner-rainbowfish at pcug.org.au]
im
>Auftrag von Tyrone Genade
>Gesendet am: Dienstag, 12. Juni 2001 11:49
>An: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
>Betreff: [RML] Ever heard of Galaxis zebratus
>
>Hello
>
>Have any of you heard of the little fish Galaxis zebratus? It is
>common here in the Cape Province in South Africa. Its nearest
>family is in Argentina and Australia. If a fish can stay in the same
>genus over a few million years and thousand km then a land bridge
>that vanished 6000 yrs ago is just as feasible for explaining the
>relationships between AU and NG fish.
>
>Bye
>
>Tyrone Genade
>Southern African Killifish Society Coastal & Offshore Coordinator
>AKA 08248
>tyronegenade at yahoo.com
>http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade
>
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