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	Australia's Native Tropical Fish
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	What kinds of freshwater tropical fish can be found in Australia's waters? I know that there is at least one species of rainbowfish there, but what else, if anything, can be found? Just curious. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i like rainbow fish now. someone go and get some wild one's for me.
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Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Saratoga? Pacific Blue Eye? Threadfin Rainbowfish? Purple Spotted Gudgeon? Mudskippers? Fiddler Crabs? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I love gudgeons. They are very intelligent and have 10x the personality of most cichlids. I trained one at work to jump about 6" out of the water to take crickets from my fingers. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
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Dave. Banned Posts: 823 Kudos: 265 Votes: 11 Registered: 03-Jun-2002	We have dozens of rainbows, gudgeons and gobies. Several species of grunters. Tandanus sp. Freshwater swordfish (freshwater, brackish and saltwater.) Lung fish. Barramundi. I've missed a fair few but it will give you a general idea of what we have. Our freshwater fish numbers are low compared to any other country and they aren't seen in collections over seas too often. It should stay that way.
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sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	All right, thanks. I take it that going on a fish collection trip doesn't happen often there? I've never heard an Australian member mention doing so. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
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Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Dave does it all the time. I'm in the city, but go out regularly to collect feeders. In order to get the good stuff, you have to know where to go, and none of them are anywhere near me not for the fish/critrers i'd like to keep anyway! (well, there are some marine gobies I'd like, but I have nowhere to put them For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
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Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	One i'd like to see now that it's no longer declared extinct and there are some wild ones actually alive that have been discovered since the Lake Eacham fiasco, is the Lake Eacham Rainbowfish. I'd also like to see Neoceratodus forsteri, the Australian Lungfish. Shini covered it in a RFOTW thread once. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Pacific Blue Eye is that a killifish?
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Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	"Blue Eyes" are related to Rainbowfishes. This site is probably one of the best that covers the Rainbowfishes and allies that I've seen. And covers three different Genera of "Blue Eyes", namely Kiunga, Pseudomugil and Scaturingichthys. Enjoy browsing! Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	isn't it illegal to get the fish from the wild?
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sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	No, especially not if you've got permits and all that. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
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Dave. Banned Posts: 823 Kudos: 265 Votes: 11 Registered: 03-Jun-2002	It's only illegal if you get caught. I only take fish that are reasonably common and I only keep what I need. I don't believe in permits and all that junk. The trick to not getting caught is to collect in places that are very difficult to get to.
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Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	there is a specific licence you get from fisheries for Aquarium Collection For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
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