>The picture of M Herbertaxelrodi in Gerry Allen's book, Rainbowfish in the
>Aquarium and Nature, depicts the fish with a green/yellow body. I kept a
>pair of juvenile Herbies awhile ago, and their body colour was a light
>yellow and the fins/tail a light orange colour. Unfortunately the pair did
>not reach adulthood but succumbed to disease and I was not able to see their
>true adult colouration.
>
>I know Gerry's book had a number of errors in terms of incorrect pictures
>depicting species. Is the picture of the "Herbie" a correct and true
>representation of this fish???
Howdy Chen! You've opened one of the oldest cans of worms on the list ;)
What exactly constitutes a M.herbertaxelrodi, is it a real herbert or is it
a Coen tri?
And finally, you have to ask yourself... what colour is it's tail meant to
be? :) This caused such a fight the last time it was mentioned on the list,
we nearly gave the whole lot away... I can laugh about it now I guess :)
I personally that the errors were that glaringly obvious that they weren't a
problem, but I would have appreciated a bit of space being given to at least
some of the common M. trifasciata species, with locations given...
Regards, Andrew
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