very well fed Rasbora gracilis.
very well fed Rasbora gracilis.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Did you mean Rasboras pauciperforata instead?
BTW, thanks for the link!
Eric
nope..looks more like gracilis.
the high dorsal fin suggests gracilis.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
i'd say gracilis as well, there is another quite similar is it teaniata,?
mick
I'll second that, the high fin a gracilis trademark. Mick, R. gracilis was considered rasboras taeniata(1954) in Brittan's revision and subsequently reissued as R. agilis(1971). It has since been renamed R.gracilis by Kottelat in 1987. They are in fact refering to the same fish.Originally Posted by hwchoy
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
That's good information Michael!!Originally Posted by michael lai
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Thanks Was doing research on Rasboras sp for my next 4 footer project. Chance upon this post, thought I share it with you guys. The author, Dr Martin R. Brittan. His work on Rasboras is 'intense'.
Cheers.
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
Wow. Thanks for the verification and great info guys!
Eric
Originally Posted by michael lai
I would be more careful to explain that the real R. gracilis was confused with the other fishes such as R. agilis (not sure about taeniata have to go check the book) and subsequently revised as R. gracilis in 1991.
The name R. agilis is a valid name referring to a different fish.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
i'd just like to ask you lads about a fish thats in our lfs, to all concerned this fish is identical in body shape and finnage it has the same mid-body stripe but then it's different the body looks transparent it has a silvery blue nose
and the same highlight before the dorsal. have you seen this fish in SG if you have what are they?.
cheers mick
Noted Choy, Err..it was not confused with, it was recognised as R. taeniata but being rename....
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
Originally Posted by michael lai
no wait. If it was given a previous name taeniata then that would have been a priority name and would not be given another name gracilis. hence the name taeniata must have been in use for something else. strangely I cannot find taeniata in fishbase. I did find a reference on gracilis = taeniata (non Brittan 1972) which I cannot now remember what is the meaning of (non Brittan).
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
I hope I remember correctly, if not it's going to get messy. I think they found out that the initial R. taeniata specimen was more a killiefish than rasboras that's why they reissue as R.agilis. I think got to cross reference between Dr brittan and kottelat's literature.
Dr Brittan is recognised as the leading researcher on the rasboras genus so alot of research and data use (brittan) or (non-brittan) as reference points.
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
I have the brittan rasbora book although it is not much in depth. if the taeniata name was given to a "killifish" specimen, then that name must be reclassify to the new genus, and then "R. taeniata" should be available for other fish. the complication now is I cannot find taeniata in FB.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Choy, if you click on this link, http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...sname=taeniata, it's redirected to R. gracilis. Interestingly, if you try to do the same search from the main page, it will not return you any results.
Not too sure how to intepret this but does this http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature...sName=gracilis mean that taeniata is not valid?
funny, when I key in at the search page I get nothing. it means taeniata is a junior synonym of gracilis, and yes taeniata is not valid.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
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