Trimac, Cichlasoma or Amphilophus?

[dirtyblacksocks]

Whatever it's listed as under www.cichlidae.com is the correct genus...

 

[lostnight]

Because Cichlasoma is/was a slushpit of improperly classified Cichlids. I generally go by what Cichlidae.com list them as, as they're usually up to date, and Amphilophus it is.

Oh yeah, I'm from the old school as far as remembering a buttload of cichlids thrown into the generic Cichlasoma genus. I started keeping cichlids in 1977 when I was 11 years old. I had such a strong thirst for knowledge that was hard to satisfy. I was always hitting up libraries and bookstores in quests for cichlid knowledge that almost always left me disappointed. Today's young cichlid enthusiast hasa it muth better thsn I did.

 

[Tonivlc]

Wow, I´d see in cichlidae but Im not sure, thanks

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

Cichlidae.com is run by Pam Chin if I'm not mistaken, who really knows her stuff. I believe she bases all of her listings off of Koenings and the other guru's of species identification. I'll have to ask her more about it when I talk to her tonight.

 

[darth pike]

The Cichlid room companion is usually good ... slow when new changes in genus come about, but that is normal. Just becuase one scientist says fish A really should be in genus C instead of D, there is normally a good while while other scientists talk, discuss, argue, lie, threaten, and finally decided if it should be moved to C or stay in D. That process has been known to take years. For example, the new central american sifter genus isn't listed yet, but it's a brand new genus that hasn't been fully accepted yet.

Some people still don't acknowledge that Cichlasoma and Aequindens have been split up 25+ years later!