Ekkwill has started releasing Melanotaenia pierucciae, photos can be
found in Heiko's last (it's over ;-( ) issue of Aquageo - vol 13 and
the scientific description in Vol 2(2) of Aqua which is sent out at
the same time if you had a subscription. They came from "Werfyang
Creek" which in typical Ekkwill fashion became digested into
Waterfall Creek. M. pierucciae does look "somewhat" like a tri. I
would say that the live specimen more resembles a goldei <g>. I
haven't seen them really big though so I don't know if they get that
real great broadness (from dorsal to anal) that you see with many
varieties of tris.
Gary Lange
Rainbowfish Study Group of NA
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> From: Alan Ford <aford at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Waterfall Creek Rainbow
> Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 4:58 PM
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> The fish you probably saw was the incorrectly? described
Melanotaenia
> exquisita from waterfall Ck. (it truly is a spectacular fish)
> The area is now closed to us whiteys. (no offence to anyone meant)
The
> Aboriginals have claimed this area as tribal/sacred ? land. The
area was
> once named UDP falls and possibly has other names aswell.
>
> The Waterfall Ck rainbow is much smaller than your average tri and
IMO does
> not look anything like the Edith River exquisita. Someone will
correct me
> if I am wrong. ;)
> I think it does bear some resemblance to a tri.
>
> As an aside I belive the next FoS due out now? Has an interesting
article
> written by Gunther Schmida which decries the desc. given to some
Aussie
> 'bows. I have talked with Gunther on this subject and at the time
we
> generally agreed. I for one am looking forward to reading his
article.
>
> I once tried breeding a pair of these lovely fish but alas
(probably due to
> inexperience) achieved no positive results. If someone could get
me another
> pair I am now sure my results would be different. (hint hint) I
now have a
> few more breeding years under my belt. (Back of with the smart
comments Doc
> and/or Roy) <grin>
>
> Cheers
> Alan
>
>
> At 01:41 PM 3/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Howdy,
> >
> >A couple of days ago I saw a fish called a 'waterfall creek
rainbow'. It
> >looked like a tri to me, are there any tris that come from a place
called
> >'Waterfall Creek'? It was a pretty nice looking fish, whatever it
was.
> >Thanks in advance for anything...
>
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> Alan Ford aford at pcug.org.au Canberra,
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>
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