Re: [RML] Celebes rainbowfish?

peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:50:06 -0700 (MST)

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Matthew Stanton wrote:
> On 19 Sep 98 Cecilia Wester queried:

> > Is it correct that the Telmatherina ladigesi is called Celebes rainbowfish?
> >
> > Why? Is it a rainbow or a blueeye?
> > I've just seen blueeyes on photos, and I think they look rather similar.
>
> As Bruce said it is different from either but it is the closest
> related group to Blue-eyes so perhaps Celebes Blue-eye would be a
> better name.

That depends upon who you believe. Chernoff and Dyer have them as sister
groups, Saeed et al have Pseudomugilidae as a sister group to
Phallostethidae, with Telmatherinidae as a sister group to both. Confused
now? :-)

> > If it is a rainbow why isn't it in Allen's book about rainbows?
>
> Because he has done his work in Australia and PNG, not to the North
> West.

It's because it's not a rainbow or a blue eye. Allen didn't base what went
into his book on familial evolutionary relationships. It was based on 'bows
and blue eyes, the two groups restricted to Australia and PNG/IJ and those
which he knows best.

Tootles

Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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