Aborichthys Spp.
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Hi Matt, yes, I have found two pics from J. Freyhof showing even A. elongatus. Looks really like the same species as Graemes.
http://zipcodezoo.com/Photos/Aborichthys_elongatus_1.jpg
http://zipcodezoo.com/Photos/Aborichthys_elongatus_0.jpgI have attached two pics of my younger/smaller Aborichthys which came together with the bigger.. Not good, but the best I have
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<p>Bye, Thomas</p>
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QUOTE (Matt @ Jan 15 2010, 05:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The original description of A. elongatus gives the type locality as the Reang River, Darjiling district but I’ve been unable to find this on any maps. Does anyone know if it’s had a name change?
Matt, Darjiling is a hill station in the foothills of the Himalayas on the River Teesta, NE India. Down river is a place called Reang where there is a hydroelectric dam.
There is also a tribe called the Reang in NE India.
I am sure you know as a true Brit that Darjiling produces an excellent tea. In the good old days when having afternoon tea at the Savoy this was one of tea varieties offered. Probably still available in Harrod’s Food Hall.Hi John yeah I found the name of the tribe but not the locality. Is ‘Reang’ (the place) on the Teesta itself?
Darjeeling tea is now available in all major supermarkets as well as Harrods. Did you used to frequent the Savoy?
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<p>HW kindly sent me some images and now I think the smaller one is either a geographical variant/sympatrically-occuring form of the Raidak fish or <i>possibly</i> a different species. Opinions anyone? Caudal/body patterning and body shape look different to me, plus the specimen in the pic has been preserved as <i>A.</i> aff. <i>elongatus</i> by the Raffles Museum i.e. they don’t consider it the same. Here it is.</p>
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 as pictured in ‘Ornamental Aquarium Fish of India’ Tekriwal and Rao, 1999. This was never formally described, however, and the locality details given in the book don’t match. Have emailed Andrew (one of the authors) to investigate.</p>
<p>Edit: while we’re on the subject of rivers, does anyone know why the Raidak River is sometimes split into ‘Raidak I’ and ‘Raidak II’? I can find no reference.</p>
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