grubby Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I hate to be a pedant but this Area should be named Australian and New Guinea natives. Half the island is the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. Only half the island is PNG. Moreover a huge amount of the Rainbows we keep come from the Indonesian side, forinstance M. Boesmani is an Irian Jaya fish as are most of the Glossolepis and chilatherina Genera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Should be just Natives start a new section for the ferals lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Fish fish n more fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Let me correct my inital post, I wrote it in haste. I am refering geographically to the island of New Guinea, 2nd largest island in the world to our north, which was once part of the same landmass as Australia, which is known as Sahul. What I meant was PNG is a country and that rainbows are found on both sides of that Island not just in PNG and as such technically we should call the section Either "Australian and New Guinea Natives" or "Fishes of Sahul the Australasian landmass". As per my deleted post I do not and never will endorse Indonesia's claim to the western side of the Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Remember also its ANGFA Australian and New Guinea Fishes Association, not APNGFA !!!!! That what Iam a drawing my argument partially from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63off Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 The idea has much merit. It's not like the fish have any political aspirations or affiliations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Or "Fish that post date Wallace's Line" if you want to be really pedantic about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootexplorer Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Or "Fish that post date Wallace's Line" if you want to be really pedantic about it. Shouldn't that be the "Lydekker Line" ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Shouldn't that be the "Lydekker Line" ?? That would leave out the western distribution of some fish I think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootexplorer Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 That would leave out the western distribution of some fish I think ? Hmmm.... you may be right though atm I am unable to identify any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Shouldn't that be the "Lydekker Line" ?? Whats that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootexplorer Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Whats that ? It's the biogeographical boundary running down through indo as ascertained by Richard Lydekker in the mid 1800's. It does however exclude Sulawesi. Wallaces Line it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Australinea or Meganesia, are other terms you could use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
