what does the l in plecos mean?
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What does the "L" mean? Also, the number after the "L", Is it the order of when they were discovered?
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I've always thought the number after was just because there is soooo many plecs that it's just easier to say "Hey, you still have that L-23" then using the "fake" name that people always make up for fish.
I've always thought the number after was just because there is soooo many plecs that it's just easier to say "Hey, you still have that L-23" then using the "fake" name that people always make up for fish.
no im preety sure it is indeed the number they were discovered inpacker43064;4205692; said:
they are assigned to a fish species before the fish recieves a formal scientific name once it gets a formal scientific name the L number is retired.
Makes sense. That's why anyone can post and make others look like fools. lolZander_The_RBP;4205698; said:
haynchinook334;4205704; said:
shutup lol
the L in L numbers comes the the word loricardae their family name. there is just so many species that have been discovered and still being discovered that they just cant think of any names. they couldnt be ****ed named them all so L and a number
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
I believe the 'L' is for 'location'
so it is a location number.
there are hundreds of tributaries of the amazon/orinoco etc and one fish from one area may be slightly different but similar to another so they came up with a numbering system for fancy plecos..
so it is a location number.
there are hundreds of tributaries of the amazon/orinoco etc and one fish from one area may be slightly different but similar to another so they came up with a numbering system for fancy plecos..
xaznboi;4206529; said:
Pretty close. The "L" is indeed for loricariid. There are also "C" numbers used for undescribed callichthyid (mostly Corydoras) species. These numbers originate within the fish hobby, not among scientists, though I would not be surprised if some taxonomists also use the numbers for convenience's sake. The German fish hobby magazine DATZ is the source of the "official" L numbers.
As for the second bit: Officially describing a new species takes time; the description requires a good bit of study to delineate which populations actually are this species, how it is distinct from related species, etc., and then the formal description must go through the peer review process, being pored over by other experts, before finally being published in a journal. This whole process takes months or years, and there's no reason to think these descriptions are even in the works yet. I imagine there are only a few loricariid taxonomists out there, and they are probably trying to get a handle on big chunks of loricariid diversity at a time, not just describing L-151 (or whatever) then moving on to L-152.