Andrew, remove the oxy and you will be right! :-)
God I love it when you do that!!! Keep em comming :-)
Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Are there several fishes called "Goyder"
> Date: Monday, January 27, 1997 1:42 PM
>
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Jean-Pierre Nellissen wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Visiting some web pages, I have found M. affinis' image where the fish
is
> > nicknamed "Goyder". I know that the more common variety of M.
trifasciata
> > is originated from Goyder river and that is why is commonly called
> > "Goyder". Is someone could explain why some people are callin M.
affinis
> > also "Goyder"?
> > Is it a mistake or there is also a varity of M. affinis coming from
Goyder
> > river?
>
> Jean-Pierre - if someone has incorrectly labeled a fish on a web page
> then you would be well advised to let them know about it directly. There
> is no way that such a mistake is deliberate, there are no M. affinis
> varieties native to Australia, although at least one is kept here. There
> are no m. trifasciata in New Guinea, therefore M. trifasciata "Goyder" is
> an oxymoron - no responsible person would deliberately name a fish thus,
> therefore it must be a simple typo, one better corrected by a quick
> private email to the party concerned.
>
> Regards, Andrew Boyd
> (Co-owner, RML)