> We started with the Running River and the Upper Burdekin at "The Valley of
> the Lagoons" and these 2 Rainbowfish are very different to each other.
What is the basis for your belief that they are "very different" to each
other? Just curious. It appeared to me like the various pops were a little
different, but often contained a lot of variation. It looked more like a
cline to me. Moritz's student has both sites plus two samples from the lower
part of the system. Not sure if she has done the genetics on them or not.
Irrespective of that, it is certainly a very interesting fish!
> Then we looked at various Gulf drainage rivers such as the Einasleigh,
> Lynd, Mitchell and Palmer
I don't suppose you'd have a species list for the gulf rivers you sampled you
could send me sometime in the next couple of weeks? :-)
> "Bonsai Cod" from the Bloomfield River that will hopefully have it's
It could be quite useful to keep any captive specimens that die of this
species as I doubt many specimens will ever be collected of this species.
They could be most useful for something like skeletal preperations or the
like. They could just be frozen until someone could contact me. Cause of
death, or significant decay wouldn't matter. I'd certainly be eternally
greatful for any.
Glad to hear you guys had a good trip. It's a pity that Roy made it back
alive, but there's always next time.....
Tootles
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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