The fish we caught at the Running River were all as identical as you would
find possible to believe - minimal variation and a different body shape
even whereas those from "The vallry of the Lagoons" were extremely variable
and more of the typical Splendida shape and markiongs with variation
especially in the black and gold lines and spangling.
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> > 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? :-)
Please remind me in a couple of weeks Peter and will be happy to oblige
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>
> > "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.
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Hopefully none will die for a while - Steve Brooks has hopes of breeding
them in the future and as they seem destined to be in the Macquaria genus
the well-known hormone induction techniques should be applicable.
BTW Peter the Mogurndas from there were different too - small and quite
colourful but numerous very small red dots all over the sides and even some
naturally occurring scolioses in them
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> 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....
Yeah, Randy Roy is still crowing but unlike his namesake he doesn't like to
get up early unless there is a point to prove ;-)