Our original "Multis" seemed to have disappeared by about 1990 or
thereabouts. Certainly I haven't seen a convincing one since then until the
"new tigers" recently made their appearance.
I think it would be a mistake to assume that longer anal fins necessarily
indicate "wanamensis" infusion since these " new" multis have the big fins
too. The Heiko photo in Aqua Geo clearly shows this. The other thing to
contemplate with the multis is that they are probably going to be the most
variable of the Glossolepis genus since they have a wide distribution in
the coastal northern rivers whereas all the other known members have a very
limited distribution. Even though we know that topography (and other
factors) is encouraging speciation more rapidly in PNG, it is tempting( to
me anyway) to feel that with further collections we will find a plethora
of recognised natural forms with variation in colour, pattern and finnage
length within the species of Glossolepis multisquamatus..
<< We have many that match the photos
that were produced by ANGFA - actually the only Ron Bowman shot
(until recently) that appeared in FOS.>>
Actually Gary, I think there is also a photo of Terapon jarbua in one of
the earlier issues of FOS that was from the camera of the venerable Ron :-)
Bruce Hansen