Comments on: Gara fish http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/ A pictorial journal of life in rural Australia Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Azhari Dain http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Azhari Dain Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:49:51 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-412 They thrive well in Singapore too. A very resilient fish and its a good species if you want to introduce kids who want to start rearing fish. Sadly, they are also caught to feed bigger aquarium fishes. They thrive well in Singapore too. A very resilient fish and its a good species if you want to introduce kids who want to start rearing fish. Sadly, they are also caught to feed bigger aquarium fishes.

]]> By: Richard Watson http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Richard Watson Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:11:58 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-411 I've just looked up mosquito fish on http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/search.php which is a very comprehensive survey site. There are an incredible number of gambusia sub species but the one commonly called mosquito fish in Australia is apparantly gambusia affinis which is a live bearer so my comment on spawn would appear to be incorrect. A native of north and central America introduced around the world as aquarium fish. I’ve just looked up mosquito fish on http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/search.php
which is a very comprehensive survey site. There are an incredible number of gambusia sub species but the one commonly called mosquito fish in Australia is apparantly gambusia affinis which is a live bearer so my comment on spawn would appear to be incorrect. A native of north and central America introduced around the world as aquarium fish.

]]> By: Monte http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Monte Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:17:07 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-410 No problem. Thanks for the interesting photoblog :) I'm a regular viewer. No problem. Thanks for the interesting photoblog :) I’m a regular viewer.

]]> By: gordon http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-409 gordon Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:07:18 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-409 Well, there you go. Thanks for the information Monte. Well, there you go. Thanks for the information Monte.

]]> By: Monte http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Monte Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:55:43 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-408 These are gambusia (mosquito fish). A common introduced pest. These are gambusia (mosquito fish). A common introduced pest.

]]> By: Richard Watson http://las.new-england.net.au/2006/01/31/gara-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Richard Watson Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:15:40 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=526#comment-407 The fish look very similar to our minnows, and I assume they were the about the same size. One of them looks to very full of spawn, so they wouldn't appear to be fry but fully grown fish. I don't think they were carried down on the flood as fish are extremely resilient and nearly always find a back eddy or big boulder to hide behind out of the main force of the flow. Nice picture though and the water must have been very clear by the time ou took it. The fish look very similar to our minnows, and I assume they were the about the same size. One of them looks to very full of spawn, so they wouldn’t appear to be fry but fully grown fish.

I don’t think they were carried down on the flood as fish are extremely resilient and nearly always find a back eddy or big boulder to hide behind out of the main force of the flow.

Nice picture though and the water must have been very clear by the time ou took it.

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