Re: [Killietalk] give linneatus its proper name

["Karl Doering" <kilikarl at bignet_net>]

Hi Edd Agree & don't Agree the on in the pet shops Golden Wonders are
commercially breed & are Far from the original gold lineatus. So when the
name golden wonders comes up i know its that junk strain.Now i'm attaching
the original pic's of the fish . you be the judge
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edd Kray" <edd at catfishnthecrawlers_com>
To: "'killifish discussion list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:27 AM
Subject: [Killietalk] give linneatus its proper name


> I'd like to politely make a suggestion to the list and admittedly it
> shows me to be an old "phart" and a curmudgeon.
>
> I notice MANY using the term "golden wonders" when speaking of their
> first experiences with killies. We are speaking, of course, of the
> Aplocheilus lineatus tank-bred strain displaying the un-natural gold
> coloration.
>
> Nevertheless they ARE Aplocheilus lineatus and I humbly recommend that
> they be referred to by their appropriate species designation.
>
> Perhaps my objection comes from the fact that I don't like the Pet
> Industry, and the kind of folks who run PetsMart controlling the
> language used by otherwise literate, knowledgeable aquarists here on
> killitalk.
>
> Anyway, this is one guys opinion and you are free to disagree as it is
> just an opinion.
>
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