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Re: A. Bitaeniatum
Hi Wright;
That was more or less my gut feeling but not being that completely
familiar with a lot of the location information I just wanted to get some
opinions. I suppose I could list them as A. Bit (Anon). This would also be
a problem in entering them into any AKA sanctioned show and I would not be
eligible for BAP points for them would I ?
Larry AKA 07801
botkin at jorsm_com
At 05:28 AM 3/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Larry, the following is just my humble opinion.
>
>Lagos is a shipping point, and fish like BIT Lagos or FIL Lagos may just
>have been commercial imports from there. Lagos is in Nigeria, a country far
>too large to be a valid collection location. We usually do not know where
>the actual collection took place on commercial imports, anyway.
>
>Male coloration is the primary difference in BIT. If they are surely both
>BIT, and they look identical, I would assume them to be the same.
>
>Now, if mixed, you will have a problem when you sell any of them. What will
>you call them?
>
>For that last reason, alone, most of us avoid mixing what seem to be
>obviously identical fish. YMMV.
>
>Wright
>
>- --
>Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot com
Larry
botkin at jorsm_com
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