You need to go there.
Cheers
Dave
>At 04:11 11/06/01 -0700, Peter wrote:
>>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Bruce Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> We, in the hobby of native fish keeping, have always felt that the South
>>> Alligator fish were very different and spectacular - different body shape
>>> and even behave a bit different too. In fact in some ways behave more like
>>> a trifasciata - prefer moving water, less flighty, keep their colour
>>> better etc , all little things.
>>
>>One could say that about a number of rainbowfish populations in Australia.
>>:-) The few enzymes we looked at in Burdekin rainbows didn't show
>>up anything
>>unusual, although Mark Adams at the South Australian Museum will at
>>some point
>>have a very thorough look at many many enzyme systems which should somewhat
>>resolve these questions much better than we can now.
>
>Its interesting to note that the Burdekin R. also has an endemic
>freshwater turtle - Elseya irwini named after the Crocodile Man of
>TV fame or perhaps it was after his father who was another reptile
>freak :-)
>And you know what we rainbowfish people think about the Burdekin
>Rainbowfish even if the scientists/biologists can't make up they
>minds :-)
>
>I just think its important to look at the big picture even if just
>to give your own studies more food for thought and you need to look
>at the freshwater Crayfish, Shrimps and Crabs, which are also shared
>with New Guinea.
>
>Just think Peter you might be a grumpy old man before you have finished :-)
>
>Adrian.