Baby ST making a comeback?

[nomad]

What would you call this one? ST or VT?

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there is no such thing as "VT"...if it is, I would love to find out the scientific name for it.
The dat in the pic has a ST tail pattern and an IT color ( that whiteish yellow is quite common with ITs but I never saw it in a true ST)

 

[krichardson]

there is no such thing as "VT"...if it is, I would love to find out the scientific name for it.

But if there is a presence of pulchers living wild and naturally in Viet Nam what would they called?

 

[jcardona1]

But if there is a presence of pulchers living wild and naturally in Viet Nam what would they called?

They'd still be D. Pulcher, just a geographic variant. Cichla are a great example. Cichla are found all over south America. The same species of fish can look very different depending on where it's collected. And we don't identify them as a separate species, just a geographic variant of said species.

 

[Viet Dragon]

It called Vietnamese Tiger or "Ca' Cop" if you wanna to know..What make you think there is no such thing as VTiger..Got any proof to back that statement up?????
What make you guys THE Expert to say that there is no True Pulcher in Vietnam, prove me wrong...

there is no such thing as "VT"...if it is, I would love to find out the scientific name for it.

 

[krichardson]

They'd still be D. Pulcher, just a geographic variant. Cichla are a great example. Cichla are found all over south America. The same species of fish can look very different depending on where it's collected. And we don't identify them as a separate species, just a geographic variant of said species.

Right,that's what I'm getting at.They are D.pulcher but cannot really be called ST due to the collection locale,so what common or trade name would best apply here?....VT or VNT right?

 

[jcardona1]

Right,that's what I'm getting at.They are D.pulcher but cannot really be called ST due to the collection locale,so what common or trade name would best apply here?....VT or VNT right?

Yeah, those common names just cause a mess anyways. You got widebar, siamese, viet., cambodian, etc etc. End of the day, it's still D. Pulcher.

Now, whether these fish really are Pulcher is what this thread is all about. CC makes some very good points about the price of these so-called Pulchers in the US and their home country....

 

[Chefken]

It seems that since they are Pulcher they would be ST vietnam....As stated above as a varient of the same species. DNA testing would clear it up real quick of course! Lets not forget that if the money was there the fish could be cloned!

 

[krichardson]

Yeah, those common names just cause a mess anyways. You got widebar, siamese, viet., cambodian, etc etc. End of the day, it's still D. Pulcher.

Now, whether these fish really are Pulcher is what this thread is all about. CC makes some very good points about the price of these so-called Pulchers in the US and their home country....

Yes,he raises some strong points

It seems that since they are Pulcher they would be ST vietnam....As stated above as a varient of the same species. DNA testing would clear it up real quick of course! Lets not forget that if the money was there the fish could be cloned!

Not really,all of the dats have common names that refer to their collection point of origin.....except for the AT,who knows how that came about.The pulchers that come from Siam/Thailand are the ST,which is why the "S" is there in the first place.

 

[FunWow!]

They'd still be D. Pulcher, just a geographic variant. Cichla are a great example. Cichla are found all over south America. The same species of fish can look very different depending on where it's collected. And we don't identify them as a separate species, just a geographic variant of said species.

X2 on that.

 

[jlnguyen74]

there is no such thing as "VT"...if it is, I would love to find out the scientific name for it.
The dat in the pic has a ST tail pattern and an IT color ( that whiteish yellow is quite common with ITs but I never saw it in a true ST)

But if there is a presence of pulchers living wild and naturally in Viet Nam what would they called?

D. pulcher!!

It called Vietnamese Tiger or "Ca' Cop" if you wanna to know..What make you think there is no such thing as VTiger..Got any proof to back that statement up?????
What make you guys THE Expert to say that there is no True Pulcher in Vietnam, prove me wrong...

Yes, I had kept some Ca Cop when I was younger, along with beta, angel, and fancy gold fish...