However my recollection of Taylor's "Melanotaenia solata" was that the fish
came from Yirrkala and Groote Eylant which of course are locations to the
far east of Arnhemland, in fact as far away as it is possible to get from
the East Alligator River.
Adrian Dawson ans John Doley collected those fish from Yirrkala and they
looked very different to the South Alligator fish - in fact they look most
like a M. splendida splendida from the east coast of Queensland.
Peter, if you get permission to go collecting in Arnhemland it will be
important to try to get some of the tris from Yirrkala which resemble M.
monticola or M. oktediensis more than a tri. This fish is quite difficult
to find and even more difficult to catch - please advise if you are going
there as Dave Wilson, Adrian Dawson, or I may be able to provide advice
which may increase your chances of success.
Regards,
Bruce ( Hansen )
vicepresident - ANGFA Inc (www.angfa.org.au)
- ANGFA (Qld) Inc (www.angfaqld.org.au)
----- Original Message -----
From: <PETER.UNMACK at ASU.Edu>
To: "rainbowfish" <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [RML] New fishes
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Harro Hieronimus wrote:
>
> > Additionally, Jerry Allen found out that the fish described by Taylor in
> > 1964 as Melanotaenia solata coming from the South Alligator River and
until
> > today seen as Melanotaenia splendida australis local colour variety
indeed
> > is a valid species. I believe this species is kept in the hobby - who
has
> > them?
>
>