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Re: Seeking Aphyosemoin cauveti Siramousaya
>
> Tim Addis wrote:
> >
> > Aph.cauvetti (or as some of us in the UK say Roloffia cauvetti ) seems
to be
> > around in two colours.
> snip...
> > Now this opens a can of worms - How can Roloffia be called Aphyosemion ?
> > Just look at the size of the eyes.
> > OK, I'm leaving myself wide open.......
>
> No can of worms. It's an old story. The genotypical specimen of *Rollofia*
> was misidentified, as I understand it. The ICZN, in its infinite wisdom,
> declared the whole genus name null and void, and never to be used again
(to
> avoid potential confusion in literature searches). The fish formerly in it
> were reclassified back to *Aphyosemion* (*Callopanchax* sub genus?).
>
> This ticked off a *lot* of hobbyists, who have great respect for Roloff.
> They are trying to "force" use of the name to get it reinstated. They hope
> it can be like a common-law marriage. [If it's around long enough, maybe
> others will eventually accept it.] That's mostly in Europe (see the
Baensch
> Atlas series, for example).
>
> Scientists, like Radda and Purzl in their _Color Atlas..._ refuse to use
it,
> of course.
>
> In the US, the AKA tries hard to get us to use the correct ICZN
> nomenclature, to cut confusion and misidentification. [Of course that
really
> does little to make any of it clear. :-)]
>
> We do have a few die-hards here, who are part of the reinstatement
campaign,
> too, BTW.
>
> Wright
>
Wright, occaisionally you talk sense. This case I couldn't agree more.
Forget the mumbo jumbo & fancy names. In my book a Roloffia is still a
Roloffia !
In Europe we don't get press ganged into one particular way of
thinking......... we use our own intelligence !
Who dreamed up Fundulopanchax anyhow ?
Somebody trying to get a pHD no doubt.
Why do people keep changing things anyhow ?
I know things have to be classified properly but where do you draw the line
?
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