Re: [RML] new fish; brazil

Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:07:31 +1000

Maybe we should ask Walter to update us on the Atherinids at the next
conference in Canberra? How about it Andy, Scott??

Regards,
Bruce.

Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Sunday, 21 February 1999 7:16
Subject: Re: [RML] new fish; brazil

>At 03:40 19/02/99 EST, tsuh yang chen wrote:
>
>>bruce, i can't remember what are the families in the order Atheriniformes.
i
>>wish i could locate a cheap copy of the joseph nelson "fishes of the
world"
>>book (it's selling for us$110 by mail order). i know there are
Bedotiidae,
>>Melanotaeniidae, Pseudomugilidae and Thelmateriniidae, which are the major
>>families in the trade. what family are the neotropical and saltwater
species?
>>i remember seining some slender "silversides" in waters off long island,
here
>>in ny, which were very similar in appearance to blue-eyes.
>
>This is a current list of Atheriniformes (I think)
>
>Bedotia
>Rheocles
>Cairnsichthys
>Chilatherina
>Glossolepis
>Iriatherina
>Melanotaenia
>Rhadinocentrus
>Kiunga
>Pseudomugil
>Alepidomus
>Austromenidia
>Craterocephalus
>Menidia
>Kaliptatherina
>Paratherina
>Telmatherina
>Tominanga
>
>Adrian.
>
> Adrian R. Tappin
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
>
>