I want a Trimac bad, but I'm settling for a pair of Salvini in a 55. Both species are cool.
Trichromis SALVINI and TRIMAC "Correction"
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Here is one from a 2016 article.
Not sure if I'm late, but,
Amphilophus is supposedly closer to amatitlania, and trichromis is supposedly closer to mesoheros and thorichthys. Makes sense to me.
And again, appearance isn't everything, because chiapaheros looks like it would fit into parachromis, and its common name is the false dovii, however it is in fact very far off evolutionarily.
In the end they're all so evolutionarily new that they're all just close enough genetically to reproduce with eachother. If we'd just waited a couple thousand years to start keeping them we probably wouldn't have flowerhorns ?
Not sure if I'm late, but,
Amphilophus is supposedly closer to amatitlania, and trichromis is supposedly closer to mesoheros and thorichthys. Makes sense to me.
And again, appearance isn't everything, because chiapaheros looks like it would fit into parachromis, and its common name is the false dovii, however it is in fact very far off evolutionarily.
In the end they're all so evolutionarily new that they're all just close enough genetically to reproduce with eachother. If we'd just waited a couple thousand years to start keeping them we probably wouldn't have flowerhorns ?
The notion that outward appearance will be sole determiner of genus is is quite short sighted.
There are cichlids in Africa that are eartheaters, and have a similar body and mouth shape to Geophagines
Fossorochromis rostratatus, and the genusTaeniolethrinops, are sand sifters, does that mean they should be in the genus Geophagus?
There is a cichlid from India, Etroplus suratensus that looks outwardly very similar to Heros severus, should it be called a severum?
By the same token Paretroplus nourisatti, has a very different body shape, colors, and very different appearance to many other Paretroplines, does that mean its not Paretroplus?
Paretroplus maculates above, Paretroplus nourisatti below
The nourisatti is rheophillis, other Paretroplus are not, so it is the adaptation to habitat, and other environmental factors that determines outward, and inward appearance in many cases.
There is a fairly new study, showing that if a river is damed, the skeletal structure of many cichlids living behind the dam, can radically change in only one year after the dam is built, and look quite different than the same species in their previously riverine environment .
Meaning they have the ability to quickly adapt to their environmental changes.
Sorry I saw the link yesterday but have now lost it
The study was conducted on a number of cichlids living behind a dam on the Orinoco River.
There are cichlids in Africa that are eartheaters, and have a similar body and mouth shape to Geophagines
Fossorochromis rostratatus, and the genusTaeniolethrinops, are sand sifters, does that mean they should be in the genus Geophagus?
There is a cichlid from India, Etroplus suratensus that looks outwardly very similar to Heros severus, should it be called a severum?
By the same token Paretroplus nourisatti, has a very different body shape, colors, and very different appearance to many other Paretroplines, does that mean its not Paretroplus?
Paretroplus maculates above, Paretroplus nourisatti below
The nourisatti is rheophillis, other Paretroplus are not, so it is the adaptation to habitat, and other environmental factors that determines outward, and inward appearance in many cases.
There is a fairly new study, showing that if a river is damed, the skeletal structure of many cichlids living behind the dam, can radically change in only one year after the dam is built, and look quite different than the same species in their previously riverine environment .
Meaning they have the ability to quickly adapt to their environmental changes.
Sorry I saw the link yesterday but have now lost it
The study was conducted on a number of cichlids living behind a dam on the Orinoco River.
More like that completely explains it lol.
Why do black bass species and peacock bass seem to have a very similar body and mouth shape?
Convergent evolution ya dingus's.
I finally located the link about skeletal change after a river being dammed in Brazil.
PDFRapid morphological change in multiple cichlid ecotypes.pdf
PDFRapid morphological change in multiple cichlid ecotypes.pdf
