Thoughts on SMP

[Jota Melgar <jsmelgar@compuserve.com>]

Bob wrote:

>Further, some definitions are probably a good idea.  For example, "Color=
- -
>morph".  We pretty much all understand this concept.  Is it the same as =
a
>"population", as is often used when discussing killies?  Or would a grou=
p
of
>fish in someone's tank need to be identified by geographical location of=

the
>original fish's collection site?

Glad you brought this up. Color morph and population are not the same
thing. I'll use an example to make matters more understandable. Take two
red tailed Aggies, one from the Rio Madeira (Brazil) and another from
Jenaro Herrera (Peru), both can be grouped under the same color morph (re=
d
tailed) but they belong to two different populations (Rio Madeira and J.
Herrera). For our purpose, if we can register a population with certainty=
,
great. If not, we'll go to the next best thing, color morphs. Finally, if=

we are uncertain of color morphs, then we can then just use species.

Come on folks, participate. All you have to do is breed your favorite fis=
h
for a while.

Julio