* Another comment - I've been told that P. paskai are now looking
different than some of the earlier fishes. Fishes that Peter was
messing with are looking completely different than some that have
recently been brought in from Hawaii. The comment was made that they
now look more like Kiunga. Wim or anyone, could you make some
comments on this or do we perhaps have a cross that is now popping
up? According to Allen, Charles N. had found a new Kiunga but as far
as I had heard hadn't released it to any markets yet. If anyone
knows anything about this?
Gary Lange
Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
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> From: Bruce Hansen <bhansen at ozemail.com.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Looking for G. wanamensis
> Date: Friday, February 21, 1997 9:19 PM
>
> <<From: Gary Lange <gwlange at stlnet.com>
> NONE of the multisquamatus that have made it
> here looked anything like the photo. >>I
>
> Our original "Multis" seemed to have disappeared by about 1990 or
> thereabouts. Certainly I haven't seen a convincing one since then
until the
> "new tigers" recently made their appearance.
>
> I think it would be a mistake to assume that longer anal fins
necessarily
> indicate "wanamensis" infusion since these " new" multis have the
big fins
> too. The Heiko photo in Aqua Geo clearly shows this. The other
thing to
> contemplate with the multis is that they are probably going to be
the most
> variable of the Glossolepis genus since they have a wide
distribution in
> the coastal northern rivers whereas all the other known members
have a very
> limited distribution. Even though we know that topography (and
other
> factors) is encouraging speciation more rapidly in PNG, it is
tempting( to
> me anyway) to feel that with further collections we will find a
plethora
> of recognised natural forms with variation in colour, pattern and
finnage
> length within the species of Glossolepis multisquamatus..
>
>
> << We have many that match the photos
> that were produced by ANGFA - actually the only Ron Bowman shot
> (until recently) that appeared in FOS.>>
>
> Actually Gary, I think there is also a photo of Terapon jarbua in
one of
> the earlier issues of FOS that was from the camera of the venerable
Ron :-)
>
> Bruce Hansen