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    Harlequin Rasbora

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    I am at Hefei city where my current house(or base) is located...then while i was looking at my old stamp collection, i found this.



    I got it when I was still in China back late 1980s!!!!!!!!!!
    Last edited by benny; 13th Mar 2006 at 20:50. Reason: update gallery link

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    That's why some of us older ones still call the harlequin "StampFish"
    Warm regards,

    Lawrence Lee

    brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
    Philippians 4:8

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    Really Lawrence?

    I never thought it was called a stampfish for such literal reason.

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    there are several other fish appearing on that series, the hexazona, the two spot gourami, and some marine fish.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    I always say stamp fish, and my younger peers don't know what I am talking about!

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    I don't know... So, that makes me young?
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

    Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...

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    colin, then you must be very old indeed.

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    Hexazona was known as "tiger barb", 2-spot called "sampan fish".

    During those days, fish keepers call fish by their nicknames, and it's unthinkable to call fish by their proper latin names. In fact, one would be considered well informed if he could name the fishes in English. In those days, "ang her" referred to both platies and swordtails and "Li Her" refers to both the koi and the carp caught from ulu pandan canal.

    To be able to say "Harlequin Rasbora" was a big deal those days.
    Warm regards,

    Lawrence Lee

    brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
    Philippians 4:8

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    To say 'Harlequin rasboras' now is also quite a deal for a lot of LFS owners... The aqua trade is still very much Mandarin/Hokkien dominant...
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

    Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...

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    I said to Rocky from Henderson "how much your stampfish?"

    He understood.
    Warm regards,

    Lawrence Lee

    brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
    Philippians 4:8

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    I thought lei her = snakehead

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    lol we must seem like snobs to some people then...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GaspingGurami
    Hexazona was known as "tiger barb", 2-spot called "sampan fish".

    During those days, fish keepers call fish by their nicknames, and it's unthinkable to call fish by their proper latin names. In fact, one would be considered well informed if he could name the fishes in English. In those days, "ang her" referred to both platies and swordtails and "Li Her" refers to both the koi and the carp caught from ulu pandan canal.

    To be able to say "Harlequin Rasbora" was a big deal those days.

    hexazona wasn't much in the trade. what they call tiger barb is really tiger barb lah.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    uncle choy, when were these stamps being used? 70s?

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    1968 or so, must check. this is the first definitive after independence. included in the set are the birds and orchids. I go home and scan the page for you.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    there are several other fish appearing on that series, the hexazona, the two spot gourami, and some marine fish.
    Show us leh! Or are they too cheap to be in your collection?

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    I hope you haven't scanned the pages.

    http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guideb...h/text/105.htm


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    Quote Originally Posted by benny
    Show us leh! Or are they too cheap to be in your collection?

    Cheers,

    yah, my own collection is only pre-QE2.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    Quote Originally Posted by |squee|
    I hope you haven't scanned the pages.

    http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guideb...h/text/105.htm


    Thought there were more than just 4? Hmm... memory is failing me...

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    the rest are marine fishes, birds and orchids.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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