Norcali, if you check his book on page 142 those pale bodied fish, which he then called sp. 'Conkel," look like what he is now listing as Catemaco. The piebalds that have been around for a while too are being listed as Red Fever Piebalds or something similar.
My LFS which is supplied by him used to call both types "sp. Conkelii -- Pink Fenestratus" for years. Most of the time they only had the paler variety that can be seen in Don's book. Very recently they switched to "Catemaco" to describe the paler fish and use "Conkelii" as a species name and Piebald Fenestratus as the same fish's common name.
I've heard a couple explained as natural hybrids. That would make sense with sp. 'Ebano' (page 108) which I seem to recall was a carp/lab hybrid in an area which is very well known to have naturally occurring hybrids.
At the same time, I've heard that sp. 'Dartsi' is a dovii/salvini hybrid which be virtue of their natural ranges would NOT be a naturally occurring hybrid.
It would be great if we could get a separate thread going (and stop derailing our friend's thread), but I see two issues with doing so. Firstly, I fear such a thread would be perceived as having ulterior motives, and secondly I can almost guarantee it'll degenerate into a bunch of speculation and flame-throwing.
NO WAY I'm starting THAT thread!
My LFS which is supplied by him used to call both types "sp. Conkelii -- Pink Fenestratus" for years. Most of the time they only had the paler variety that can be seen in Don's book. Very recently they switched to "Catemaco" to describe the paler fish and use "Conkelii" as a species name and Piebald Fenestratus as the same fish's common name.
I've heard a couple explained as natural hybrids. That would make sense with sp. 'Ebano' (page 108) which I seem to recall was a carp/lab hybrid in an area which is very well known to have naturally occurring hybrids.
At the same time, I've heard that sp. 'Dartsi' is a dovii/salvini hybrid which be virtue of their natural ranges would NOT be a naturally occurring hybrid.
It would be great if we could get a separate thread going (and stop derailing our friend's thread), but I see two issues with doing so. Firstly, I fear such a thread would be perceived as having ulterior motives, and secondly I can almost guarantee it'll degenerate into a bunch of speculation and flame-throwing.
NO WAY I'm starting THAT thread!
