Re: Pelvicachromis kribensis

[Ken Laidlaw <K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk>]

Hi,

The species that gave the name Kribensis is in the 
hobby today, it is P.taeniatus. 

 According to Baensch P.taeniatus was once called 
P.kribensis (due to it's collection locality).  P.pulcher 
then became very widely available and people latched on to 
the krib term as is the common name today, but taeniatus is 
the true kribensis.  Although not as common as pulcher is 
can be found though you may have to go mail order.

Regards,
Ken

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 19:47:37 EST Tsuh Yang Chen 
<anggrek@juno.com> wrote:

> while we are on the topic of P., does anyone know why the species that
> gave the name "krib" is not common in the hobby?
> 
> tsuh yang chen, new york city
> 
> 
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