Re: P. sacrimontis

[Randy or Deb Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

Fredrik.Ljungberg@saab.se wrote:

> Randy,
>
> is Pelvicachromis sacrimontis now an official name for the species
> L&S lists as P. sp. aff pulcher? They write that Thys has stated
> his intentions to describe the species but at the time of writing
> it hadn't been done (back in 1994 for the english edition, if
> memory serves). I'm sending this to the list in case anyone else
> cares or knows.
>
> //Fredrik

I conducted a search on some databases via the internet, but could not find
"sacrimontis."  The fact that I came up empty doesn't mean it wasn't described,
just that I didn't find it.  My importer who got these for me is friends with
Linke, and it was the importer who applied the name.  But we never discussed the
situation with the description.

 I'd say the name situation is like "brietbinden" or "pandurini."  While no one
had yet described them, we hobbyists used the names as if they were the official
names.

In any case, the fish that were once called "P. camerunensis" and what I have as
"P. sacrimontis" are the fish discussed and pictured in Linke as "Pelvicachromis
sp. aff. pulcher."  But I, too, would be interested to hear any confirmation or
correction on the naming of this species.

- --Randy