Re: A. kleei

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Mike W
"The strange thing about this species is that the fish
that we presently 
call
'A. bitaeniata' might not be A. bitateniata. The more
I learn, the less 
I
realize I know!"

Yikes what do you mean! Man am I confused now. Could
you elaborate a bit.

Dave



--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote:
> Sarah,
> 
> Dave is correct. A. kleei - as well as A.
> klausewitzi & probably A. sweglesi -
> is a junior synonym of A. bitaeniata. Kullander
> synonymized it in:
> 
> Kullander, S. O. 1980. A taxonomic study of the
> genus Apistogramma Regan with a
> revision of Brazilian and Peruvian species
> (Teleostei: Percoidei: Cichlidae.
> Bonner Zoologische Monographien, Nr. 14. 152p.
> 
> If you're interested, I published a short article
> about it in the ACA's
> Buntbarsche Bulletin last year.
> 
> The strange thing about this species is that the
> fish that we presently call
> 'A. bitaeniata' might not be A. bitateniata. The
> more I learn, the less I
> realize I know!
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Samala wrote:
> 
> > Alright folks, here's the deal - the National
> Museum
> > of Natural History (Smithsonian) in DC has some
> > specimens on catalog with their Division of Fishes
> > labeled A. kleei.  They only have three specimens,
> > collected in 1964 from Peru by a Dr. Stanley
> Weitzman.
> >
> >
> > I tried Fishbase.org but there's no listing.  Any
> > ideas as to what species this actually is?  I'm
> > assuming that this species was renamed and that
> the
> > Smithsonian just hasn't updated their collections
> to
> > reflect taxonomic updates yet.  (Or perhaps it is
> > their policy not to, hmm.)
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> > >Sarah
> >
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