Rabbit Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 L18,LDA60,85 & L177 now to be known as Baryancistrus Xanthellus! :happy1: http://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/baryancistrus-l18,-l81,-l81n,-l177_de_1072.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishie123 Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 I can't open the page? :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirio Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yeah it's pretty awesome. Along with the L047 "Magnum Pleco", which is now known as Baryancistrus Chrysolomus right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yup thats the one, not sure whats to happen to L81/81n but with the relative catch locations it may come under xanthellus in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Saw this in the Glaser email and was going to post it up. Interesting they didn't include L81, and it seems a bit strange to me that they lumped them all under one species rather than describing them separately as seems to be happening more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Saw this in the Glaser email and was going to post it up. Interesting they didn't include L81, and it seems a bit strange to me that they lumped them all under one species rather than describing them separately as seems to be happening more and more. Iv notice that more and more "variants" are being classified seperate species im deffinately not for it, although from my observation i would find L81 a seperate species not variant so it will be interesting to see what comes of the lacked mention of L81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 L81 stays smaller than L18, so that could be considered a big enough morphological difference to split at species level. But then again doesn't L177 stay smaller than L018? I would have thought this would be a prime example of where subspecies should be used more often... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Now you can use a scientific name when you register any breedings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Nice and about time to. Thats excellent news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 I can't open the page? :dunno: Try the Practical fishkeeping link: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4136 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 L81 stays smaller than L18, so that could be considered a big enough morphological difference to split at species level. But then again doesn't L177 stay smaller than L018? I would have thought this would be a prime example of where subspecies should be used more often... Very little is known about L81 as an adult including its size so i would assume all refference will be to wild populations average or larger of the catch. From my individuals iv found L81 to grow at a rate close to double that of L18 although this may simply be due to L81's more out going behaviour in effect getting more food. Although a faster growth rate generally would indicate a larger adult size. My Male L177 is much larger than my male L18 although neither is at there supposed maximum size as yet. I do beleive L81 should be a seperate specie due to its build being much more streamline than that of the other Gold Nuggets and the base colouration being quite different and if the size would be as stated i would find this to be enough to consider it a seperate species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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