A couple super rare SAs becoming available

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David R;4193237; said:
I wonder how many people actually realise what the "cf." in "ex 'Cichlasoma' cf. ornatus" means.....
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Confer or compare....?

Cystic Fibrosis...?
 
NorCaliCichlids;4193320; said:
'color form'. There are 2 forms, this one and the 'riverine' form that Don talks about being a more reddish color. Both are sweet.
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Learn something new every day...got pics or links to the other "color form"?
 
NorCaliCichlids;4193320; said:
'color form'. There are 2 forms, this one and the 'riverine' form that Don talks about being a more reddish color. Both are sweet.
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Incorrect. It's actually an abbreviation for confer.

Wikipedia said:
In the system of binomial nomenclature, cf. is similarly used to indicate that the species needs to be seen in context of its comparison to another, but by definition is not confirmed as the same. For example, Corvus cf. splendens indicates "a bird similar to the House Crow but not certainly identified as this species". For this reason many mistakenly believe that "cf." is an abbreviated form of "confirmed" or "inconfirmatus".
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It simply means the identity is not confirmed. Since no one seems to know where ornatus belongs in the whole cichlid tree (hence the exCichlasoma tag) and not much is known about the species in general it seems like the correct labeling to me.
 
crazy he finally got them, and good but many people are going to be umm disapointed with them I believe. I havce had them for over a year and besides the hype, they really are not that cool of a cichlid. My male is a refal jerk and I like that, the female is much more pretty than him, but if I had it to do over again I probably would not just too boring for me
 
BastardFish;4193808; said:
crazy he finally got them, and good but many people are going to be umm disapointed with them I believe. I havce had them for over a year and besides the hype, they really are not that cool of a cichlid. My male is a refal jerk and I like that, the female is much more pretty than him, but if I had it to do over again I probably would not just too boring for me
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Personally I don't jump on the "it's rare so I have to have it" bandwagon but I'd still like to see some pics if you could post a few?
 
balton777;4193846; said:
Personally I don't jump on the "it's rare so I have to have it" bandwagon but I'd still like to see some pics if you could post a few?
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Agreed. Though they are a very pretty cichlid, I'm not sure if they're worth the price.
 
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