Re: Kathetys, elberti and exiguums.

[Henrik Korzen <henrikkor at teliamail_dk>]

Dear Monty

Please read Huber's revision of Aphyosemion bualanum/elberti, in Huber, J.H.
1998. Miscellaneous notes on some systematic difficulties regarding old world
cyprinodonts, JAKA 31 (1) : 3-17.

When Seegers in 1988 erected elberti as a separate species (different from
bualanum), he did it because he thought that the morphology of the type of
bualanum was different from what should be expected from a member of the
subgenus Kathetys.

Huber has re-examined the type, and partly based on the internal morphology
(x-rays), he found that the types of elberti and bualanum most probably are
the same. The differences that Seegers found, seem to be caused by the bad
state of the bualanum type (missing fin rays, compressed body etc.)

So Huber reerected the bualanum name, with elberti as a synonym.
This is still the status in his Killidata 2000.

Since this is the latest scientific revision, it's the bualanum name that
currently are valid.

If somebody has a different opinion - they "only" have to make a new
scientific revision.

Hope it has been of help

Yours
Henrik

Monty Lehmann wrote:
> 
>           Hello Fellow Killinuts!
> 
>       I wish to intercede on the behalf of all the Kathetys
>        enthusiasts out there. I believe some of the info
>        recently posted on Killitalk to be not entirely accurate.
> 
>        First, Huber did not state that the correct name to be
>        used for elberti/bualanum killies was bualanum. He
>        state: "Aphyosemion bualanum or Aphyosemion elberti,
>        if you have an opinion on this debated case" This does
>        select one or the other.
> 
>        As  much as I wish this was the case as I have used the
>        bualanum name for 25 years, the most current usage
>        is A. elberti. This will clearly be spelled out when the
>        JAKA Special Issue on Kathetys is published. I am the
>        guest editor on this issue and there is a lengthy paper
>        by Ken Lazara that discusses this specific issue. I hope
>        to send this very large JAKA issue to press by the end
>         of the year with Brent Kelleys help. This issue has been
>        delayed several times, but I think it will be worth the wait
>         when it finally comes out.
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References:

• Kathetys, elberti and exiguums.
• From: Monty Lehmann <lehmann at jlab_org>

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