Re: A. punctatum et al

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

Thanks Peter,

Who is a sufficient authority on these "groupings" since they aren't an 
ICZN nomenclature category? I think most of us probably use Radda and 
Purzl or Baensch for such information. There must be a better way!

Wolfgang Eberl, who, I believe, edited V3 of Baesch killies lumps all 
three species as closely related and says some authors contend *punctatum* 
is just a northerly sub-species of *wildekampi*. I understand (third-hand) 
that he, too, does not think they are members of the elegans group, unlike 
Radda and Purzl. [He makes no mention of *passaroi*. *A. passaroi* Huber 
'94 is possibly too new for either of those reference sources.]

Wright

Peter Tirbak wrote:
> Punctatum, wildekampi and aureum are not elegans group fish. Punctatum and
> wildekampi are grouped together and aureum and passaroi are grouped together
> with an intermediate form that I collected on two of my trips to Gabon. They
> are not difficult species to breed, but not as easy as many others.
> Punctatum has not been collected and distributed very extensively.
>
> Peter Tirbak


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