Adrian Tappin schrieb:
> 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
>
Best regards
Harro Hieronimus, Solingen, Germany
harro.hieronimus at t-online.de
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