You may be correct about that, although the details of your explanation (and the finer points of nomenclature rules) are not clear to me. I was going by the discussion forwarded in 1996 by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas in an article available at Cichlid Room Companion. He argues the proper name is T. maculipennis rather than ellioti.
T. ellioti, who keeps them and how are you keeping them and with what?
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You may be correct about that, although the details of your explanation (and the finer points of nomenclature rules) are not clear to me. I was going by the discussion forwarded in 1996 by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas in an article available at Cichlid Room Companion. He argues the proper name is T. maculipennis rather than ellioti.
This CichlidScene magazine has an article on Thorichys species.
http://issuu.com/nuttycichlids/docs/central_scene_5
According to the article, Elioti is a junior name replaced now by maculipennis. One other speices that looks very much like Elioti is Aureus, and I can't telll them apart from the pics.
Mine are aggressive to one another, but not towards other cichlids. I keep mine with African peacocks and Green Terror, which are more aggressive than elioti.
http://issuu.com/nuttycichlids/docs/central_scene_5
According to the article, Elioti is a junior name replaced now by maculipennis. One other speices that looks very much like Elioti is Aureus, and I can't telll them apart from the pics.
Mine are aggressive to one another, but not towards other cichlids. I keep mine with African peacocks and Green Terror, which are more aggressive than elioti.
Yeah, I couldn't quite follow the advanced nomenclature in the argument, I just tried to summarize it. It was well above my head as well.
Apparently Miller considers maculipennis to be a jr synonym of helleri, and ellioti to be a seperate species. I am not sure if/when he will publish anything about it or if it's just his musings. Kullander lists maculipennis as the jr synonym of ellioti in his 2003 paper, but I haven't tracked it down to see his reasons why.
Apparently Miller considers maculipennis to be a jr synonym of helleri, and ellioti to be a seperate species. I am not sure if/when he will publish anything about it or if it's just his musings. Kullander lists maculipennis as the jr synonym of ellioti in his 2003 paper, but I haven't tracked it down to see his reasons why.
Il just going to call it an ellioti for now I think lol
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It's Thorichthys maculipinnis (not pennis) 
Good article here: http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=143
Matt
Good article here: http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=143
Matt
Yeah, I've read that article before. I'd like to track down Miller's and Kullander's since they were published more recently, just to see their justification of the T. ellioti over T. maculipinnis since they more about nomenclature than I do. Well, rather, why Kullander does. Miller believes them to be separate species.
It's Thorichthys maculipinnis (not pennis)
Oops, just one more letter away from being really embarrassing! Thanks for the catch.
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