> Some years ago I bred the common fly-speck hardyhead (with the name that
> hard to pronounce)
stercusmuscarum isn't really all that hard to pronounce. Just say it as
it is written. :-) Mind you, Scaturiginichthys isn't that hard either
but most people screw it up!
> and did find that the males were more colourful than the
> females - yellow colour & spots more intense (particularly at spawning
On what basis were you sexing them? Just fat ones vs skinny ones?
> it, apart from the fly-specked and blackmasts, the rest a pretty ordinary
> looking fish and are best used as bait for Barra ;-)
Yeah, not many rainbows go bright yellow. Really shitty looking fish
huh! I guess the yellow makes them easier for the barra to spot. :-)
Hooroo
Peter Unmack