Re: Nothobranchius sp. Kilombero Tan 95/4

[Doug Karpa-Wilson <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>]

I guess to name a new species you have to do a pretty thorough description
of the anatomy, etc. and all in latin.  Of course, then you should go visit
collections of type specimens in collections around the world to make sure
it hasn't been described before.  When folks don't do this, we get
synonyms, and eventually someone discovers that the species had already
been named, so the name changes, much to everyone's annoyance.  I think
that's how it works.

Doug
>Hello,
>
>Answering Cypher's question lead me to this question.  What is the status of
>N. sp. Kilombero Tan 95/4?  It seems to me that this is the only new(?)
>species from Tan 95 collection trip that havn't got their real sceintific
>name.  Why does it take them so long to name this fish?
>
>Dr.Watters?
>
>Regards,
>Nonn Panitvong
>N. sp. "Kilombero Tan 95/4" admirer
>
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Indiana University
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