Re: [Killietalk] Correct Names for Gardneri

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Larry B. wrote:
> Hi Dave;
>      You really can't go wrong in using Tim Adds' site for the 
> information you're looking for...  Tim keeps it quite up to date and 
> has the most info of any publication or site I've ever seen., bar none...
>
> You might also get in touch with Cap'n Morgan since he has done some 
> serious research as well.
>
> Larry B.
>
> AKA 07801
>
>
>
> At 12:00 PM 3/15/2007, you wrote:
>   
>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:00:59 -0700
>> From: djramsey at djramseyonline_com
>> Subject: [Killietalk] correct names for gardneri
>> To: Killitalk <killietalk at aka_org>
>>
>> Hello all,
>> Where would I find what the AKA considers to be the current full correct
>> names for Fundulopanchax gardneri? I am after full names for N'sukka,
>> Misage, Lafia, Lokoja, Makurdi, Akkampka, Akure, Jos Plateau for
>> starters.
>> Thanks,
>> David Ramsey
>>     
Good point, Larry.

Unfortunately, the KMI (official AKA nomenclature) and Huber's KilliData 
don't reference the location codes we use in the hobby to minimize 
accidental hybridization. Both are excellent sources of data, otherwise.

Personal communications from Dr. Lazara indicated that he was reluctant 
to follow the splitting that most authorities have followed in recent 
years. Many of us who have observed both are aware that /Fp. nigerianus/ 
and /Fp. gardneri /are two distinctly different species. Ken felt the 
whole group had not been analyzed by any modern authority, so he left 
the NIG as a sub-species of GAR, for now, in KMI.

To me, the distinction is pretty clear, but we need to have an agreed 
standard, so that's the way it will be until a new KMI is issued or a 
change is announced at the AKA web site (unlikely in the extreme). For 
now, the Akampkas, Akures, etc. will be a sub-species (/nigerianus/) 
under /gardneri.

/As a very rough clue, the GAR tend to have less yellow or orange 
marginal borders to their unpaired fins (e.g., white or bluish in 
Nsukka) than the NIG. [Many years of careless labeling have left us with 
a lot of exceptions to that guideline, so please don't take it as any 
kind of gospel.]

Wright

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