Re: [RML] Madagascar bows
Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Tue, 03 Jun 1997 19:07:10 +1000
At 19:50 2/06/97 -0700, Alex wrote:
>To those interested,
>
> I've had a fair bit of experience with the Madagascar fish (all of
them in general), and just some inside information. According to those doing
the scale and bone counts, the Madagascar rainbow in the hobby today may
actually by Bedotia madagascarensis not B. geayi.
> Evidently, way back when, there was an error made when cataloging
these fish (in whichever institution the type specimen floats), and the
labels may have been switched. Hopefully M. Stiassny, P. Reinthal and P.
Loiselle will hash this out and make it public this year.
I believe that there are at least 3 different species in the European hobby
at present - Harro might be able to enlighten us all.....Harro?
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
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