> From: "B.G. Granier" <bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:55:25 -0500
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Pacific Island fish
>
> For expert help on the subject of possible freshwater gobies existing on
> Easter Island, please ask Dr. J. Michael Fitzsimons of LSU. He has devoted
> years to this study.
>
> You may reach him at fitzsimons_at_lsu.edu . Please tell him that I referred
> your question to him.
>
> Regards,
>
> BG Granier
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Watkins-Colwell <gjwc_at_optonline.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Pacific Island fish
>
>
>> on 6/14/02 11:19 AM, Al G Eaton at sege7_2000_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> I doubt it, Rapa Nui has no surface running water, so
>>> I don't know how fish would colonize such an island.
>>>
>>> Even the flora is sparse.
>>
>>
>> thanks. Allow me to rephrase the question. I work at a museum of natural
>> history and we have specimens collected in 1980 on Rapa Island which I am
>> currently sifting through and identifying/cataloging. Among the common
>> oceanic geckos and skinks are 3 fish (gobies). Given that this particular
>> collector did mostly highland collecting, I am assuming that these are
>> freshwater fish. However, they could easily be tidal pool fish too.
> Where
>> should I start? Is there a basic book that could serve as a starting
> point
>> for near shore and freshwater fish of this region, even if not specific to
>> this island?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell
>> Connecticut
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