We are now going cold on the mystery Glossolepis and have the real mystery
fish in our sights. Maybe we will end up (in the future finding out that C.
fasciata, G. multisquamata and M. affinis are more ubiquitous than many of
the others and have therefore the potential to eventually have multiple
local colour variants recognised as in our Australian species e.g. M.
trifasciata.
Unfortunately there have not been enough surveys done. As an example the
extremely limited and brief survey we did in the Kikori River area extended
the distribution of virtually every species we caught simply because the
work hasn't been done. e.g. Hypseleotris guentheri hadn't been found south
of the central dividing range before, and to me that is a major finding.
Bruce Hansen
ANGFA
email: bhansen at ozemail.com.au
Don't miss the ANGFA web pages at -
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
Subject: Re: G. multisqumatus
Date: Saturday, 23 November 1996 7:24
At 19:34 22/11/96 +1100, Andy wrote:
>The fish did originate from Europe, along with Melanotaenia arfakensis,
and
>Chilatherina priceii.
Andy, I think you have the wrong fish in "C.pricei"
C.pricei comes from Yapen Island - According to my source, the Chilatherina
species ex Canberra comes from the Mamberamo R. and is just another
C.fasciata????
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
Home of the Rainbowfish
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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