> Sounds a bit like the Rainbowfish situation, if they don';t have a location
> of origin attached at the time of acquisition how are you going to find out
> Peter?
Wildekamp. 1993. A World of Killies. Atlas of the Oviparous
Cyprinodontiform fishes of the world. Volume I. 311pp. It covers the
first 5 genera of killies in alphabetical order. Each subspecies has
specific colour patterns apparently.
> I assume the "Killienuts" are as keen as we are to try to
> "know your stream and keep "em clean!"
Better actually in my opinion. They have been doing it for longer, they
do it by specific locality (and even collection which may be going too
far in some cases). More importantly though they do it for all killies.
Rainbow people fail miserably in this catagory (how many Oz folk use a
river name with any NG bows?) and bow people won't do it
for anything other than bows and blue eyes despite the fact that other
fishes vary across their ranges too.
> Somehow I don't see a "Pupfish List" comprised of mainly Australians (most
> of whom have never seen a live pupfish, and are never likely to) as being a
> threat to any other list :-)
It doesn't have to be just Australians Bruce. This is the internet.
> But then ACN list has gone somewhat moribund since the advent of the RML
> and I can only think of one person to blame for that - yes, Adrian Tappin.
> Since he did that number on Les Kauffman ( I yield, Adrian!) the fire has
> died somewhat :-)
Actually, I really enjoyed that encounter. :-) Les hasn't even sqeaked
since then (unfortunately--though it's still amusing just the same).
ACN-L has gone quiet since no one wants to talk about aquatic
conservation and actually do something.
> Besides all that Peter, I think it is "dirty pool" ( do you like that
All's fair in love and war. There is no such thing as "dirty pool". :-)
> natives. I am surprised that you haven't raised the obvious ( perhaps not
> so obvious if I follow my usual tack) risk to our own " mudfish" such as
> Lepidogalaxias salamandroides ( which has it's own home page on the net)
> and Galaxias cleaveri.
Wrong habitats, too cool for most killies I would think. Wouldn't the
rain be falling at the wrong time of year? ie winter vs summer.
> Perhaps some of the others in this group have some
> capacity to aestivate too as a survival mechanism in hard times ( e.g. G.
> olidus) .
G. pusilla most likely, G. olidus not likely. Not all killies can do
this anyway and they only (?) do it as eggs don't they?
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One day Bruce may figure out this marvel of Microsoft technology!
Tootles
Peter Unmack