Do you just give up at some point?

[henknaert]

Does anyone know what happens under this classification with Tomocichla Sieboldii?
The practical fishkeeping summary only mentions: "And finally, Tomocichla now contains two species, T. asfraci and T. tuba. "

 

[henknaert]

The problem I find with simplistic names is, because in different places, fish can have different names, you can buy one thing (and especially if the fish is young and generic looking) and get something else you don't want, and especially if you buy at LFSs.

The above holds especially true in countries using a non western script. Here in China, most fish get a description based upon their looks ("blue lightning", "red coralfish"), as you can imagine you end up with several species of "blue lightning", and when ordering online without having seen the fish in person, you might not receive the species you really want, especially so for juvenile fish. Therefore, I would be very happy if these scientific names would be more commonly used.

 

[luvinbluegills]

The species names really hardly ever change, it's only the genus that usually gets altered when DNA suggests a new relationship or status.
So if you say salvini, whether your thinking (x)Cichlasoma, or Parapetenia, or Trichromis, or whatever name it has, or has gone by, it's still a salvini.

True!

 

[darth pike]

Some of these have been orphaned for over thirty years. About darned time I say.

 

[duanes]

Looks to me as if seiboldi is back in Cichlasoma.
It is the very end of the paper, and shares the genus with tuyrense.

 

[CANAMONSTER]

I hate how the Asian stores here all put alias names on the fish they sell. Gold Bass , blue bass etc. One store had beautiful petrochromis labled as giant Monkeys or something like that lol

 

[Rivers2k]

I only use Latin names for fish that have common names that could refer to a few different fish like green terror or parrot. Some fish I learned the latin name before the common name. Most the time I just use common name. I started memorizing just to keep others happy but then decided forget them. Some other forums look down on you as less than human if you use common names but I really don't care much what they think of me.

 

[blackghostknife]

I have little to no face to face contact with other fish keepers or serious hobbyists. I used to try memorizing the scientific names of fish that I really loved, but on the extremely rare occasion I actually did talk face to face with a fellow enthusiast, I usually mispronounced the name grievously and got laughed at. So, I really just don't bother anymore.

 

[Guapoteguy291]

Yed

 

[mrrobxc]

I love the fine tuning. The scientific aspect of this hobby is part of the fun for me. The relationships between species has always been a cool thing to learn. You can track the evolution and movement of groups of fish and the Latin names are telling.