Australian Museum Journal Fishes from inland New Guinea
- Shortform:
- Whitley, 1956, Rec. Aust. Mus. 24(3): 23–30
- Author(s):
- Whitley, Gilbert P.
- Year published:
- 1956
- Title:
- Fishes from inland New Guinea
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 23
- End page:
- 30
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.24.1956.641
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate 2
- Date published:
- 23 November 1956
- Cover date:
- 23 November 1956
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 27 March 2009
- Available online:
- 23 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 641
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (97kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1237kb PDF)
Abstract
In 1954, my colleagues, Messrs. Ellis Le Geyt Troughton and Norman Camps, of the Australian Museum, visited inland New Guinea and secured a number of interesting freshwater fishes. The collecting localities of their expedition, in chronological order, were:- 1. "Manjim".—Western bank of Ganz River, 24 miles 3° N. of N.E. of Mount Hagen airstrip. Altitude 3,700 ft (no fishes collected). 2. "Mageh".—Situated between Wahgi Divide and Bismarck Range. Mid-mountain forest. 28 miles 7° E. of N.E. of Mount Hagen airstrip. 18 to 26 July, 1954. 3. "Bunkri".—29 miles 4° E. of N.E. of Mount Hagen airstrip (no fishes). 4. "Jimmi River Camp".—South bank of river; rain forest and grasslands. 33 miles 6° E. of N.E. of Mount Hagen airstrip. Altitude 1,200 ft. 20–27 July, 1954. 5. "Korn Farm".—Banks of Wahgi River, Wahgi Valley, 5 miles E. of Mount Hagen airstrip. Altitude 5,200 ft. 11 July, 1954. 6. "Tomba".—South-west slopes of Mount Hagen range. 15 miles 18° W. of W.N.W. of Mount Hagen airstrip. Altitude 8,300 ft (no fishes). 7. Cave in Kuber Range.—7 miles 8° W. of S. of Mount Hagen airstrip. Altitude 7,800 ft (no fishes). Etc.