Re: panduro vs. "pandurini"

[Jota Melgar <76644.2370@compuserve.com>]

Ken,

Uwe Romer recently described A. panduro in the last issue of the BB. This
has pissed off some ichtyologist but that's a different story. Males A.
panduro are easily distiguished from A. nijjseni by the prescence of a
black triangle that goes from the back insertion of the anal fin, through
the caudal peduncle, and almost to the red margin of the caudal fin 

Uwe reports on some unsuccesful crosses between A. nijjseni and A. panduro
of wild caught fish. Females would not accept heterospecific males. F1s did
breed but the offspring proved to be sterile. This however is not definite
prove but a strong suggestion that they are different species. Anyone
interested in doing some molecular systematics on these guys?

Julio