So I'll go out on a limb with this one and bring up a counter point. I live in michigan it's full of lakes some are connected some are not. So you are saying a Bass or perch or bluegill caught in Cass lake are going to be genetically different enough to create a different sp to one caught in walled lake. The lakes are not connected.
Well fortunatly I know the answer to this one, they are the exact same. Yet the lakes are 40 miles apart and as different as 2 fw lakes in the same region could be. Msu has done genetic testing on the fish from multiple lakes in the region and a bluegill is a bluegill and a bass is a bass with consideration to large or small mouth.
And on to the insults, I'd say it was mildly insulting. At least inflamitory. There is no reason for that at all. We can have a debate without it.
Only thing I see with this is if the populations have been seperated for many (millions) of years you may have some divergence between them.
If I understand many lakes are stocked with bass? On which case breeding populations used to supply the lakes will be similar, so the populations in the lake will be similar? Maybe? Who knows
I think there's a load of variables behind all this, and every case is different
Stanzzzz7
has very good points! Seperate populations could be the same definitely! But I think if they are seperated long enough it could lead to divergence too, I made an example of how cichlids on the opposite sides of congo rapids have slightly different genetics but still practically the same fish.
I think with polys it's just location location location. Maybe the genetics vary slightly between them leading to different tail shapes, patterns and colours over time?
Exactly.
This is why I tell people I don't care much about what kind of lap or endli it is. Let me see the patterns, shape, and color of the fish and I'll see if I like it. That said...I still want an endli from tinkisso just so I can say tinkisso when introduce it lol sounds faaaancy.
"This is my tinkisso endli. Why it is called tinkisso? Well it's because it was caught in the tinkisso river. Tinkisso tinkisso tinkisso!!
I think having a locale name is useful, bragging rights too haha!