Vieja Fenestratus behaviour
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Probably because Fenestratus and the other Paratheraps species were all previously under the genus Vieja.Mojarraman;1738833; said:
Previously? According to what source? Could someone please cite the specific source of that information?
IOW, when was it that "the other Paratheraps species were all previously under the genus Vieja," as you say, and according to whom?
IOW, when was it that "the other Paratheraps species were all previously under the genus Vieja," as you say, and according to whom?
Mojarraman;1739786; said:
Cichlid-forum, a profile website that I 'generally' adhere to regarding genus and species names has them listed under Vieja, which is what I've been referring to them as in the past.
Cichlidae.com has them listed and explained under Paratheraps after a reclassification from Cichlasoma in 1987, with referencing, but provide no information on the genus Vieja. This is the problem with reclassifications and generalized internet websites and profiles.
Prior to this moment, I would have also referred to fenestratus as Vieja fenestratus, but regardless of classification, you have to admit that the genus' Paratheraps and Vieja hold members that are very physically similar, so I don't see why there's any reason to get on anyones back over the genus names, especially when many sources on the web (the fastest but apparently not the most effective fish research tool) refer to them as Vieja.
I'll continue to refer to them as Vieja, personally.
Mojarraman;1739786; said:
Aqualog's Southamerican Cichlids 2 has the species listed as "Vieja fenestratus"
as does Dr. Wolfgang Staeck/Horst Linke's American Cichlids 2: Large Cichlids. It's "Vieja fenestrata" there.
See these links about the Vieja genus from cichlidae.com and AquaMojo.com:
http://www.cichlidae.info/section.php?n=fca&id=94
http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2950
http://forum.aquamojo.com/index.php?showtopic=2433&hl=
