Re: nerdy question about "affinis"

[Peter Tirbak <pengwin at worldnet_att.net>]

> Hello
> A recent conversation with a friend put a bug in my ear, and I'd like to
> bounce something out there. We were admiring the affinis primigenium GBH
> 88/10 that so many of us keep, and he was wondering how a fish in the
> hobby so long had no straight I.D.
> This evening, I was looking at my Aqualog Old World Killies 1, at sp.
> aff. mirabile Takwai (P. 106), which has dropped the "sp. aff." in the
> North American hobby. And so, I have the same question from the other
> side - what process is at work here? Does someone know the
> in-the-hobby-history of the two fish?
> 
> -Gary
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Not all new or possibly new species or subspecies are described or studied
to determine if they are indeed new species or sub-species. Usually the more
interesting ones are. In time, hopefully, most will be studied and described
as new or placed in an existing species. The term "affinis" implies that the
species is close to, or in some ways similar to the species mentioned.
Unfortunately, several "affinis" species or undescribed species with just a
code number remain as such.

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