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common names for killies?
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>If there was an agreed list of common names for killies most often sold to
>shops the store owners would have more of an idea of what they are buying.
>We would have more of an idea of what people had bought because they would
>be able to remember the name in stead of scribbling it down on a scrap piece
>of paper. I think this would have more kilies in the family 3foot tank.
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An interesting idea. Do you think the AKA could get in the busines of
coming up with common names? Could be quite fun actually: Submit ideas
for common names for the various specie and then hold a vote among members
for a list. Then when breeders ( most of whom know about the AKA if they
aren't members) sell the fish, they can say "Yes, a red-finned Southern
branchfish" (Nothobranchius rubripinnis, my latin is ,well, non-existent),
or even red fin notho. It might be a a worthy effort
Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology Department of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology
Jordan Hall 16 Divinity Ave.
Indiana University Harvard University
Bloomington, IN 47405 Cambridge, MA 02138
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