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Why did you list it as Otothyris? It has been described as Otothyropsis, or do you see last one as a synonym? And the text in "Identification" should be changed.
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Acanthicus wrote:Why did you list it as Otothyris? It has been described as Otothyropsis, or do you see last one as a synonym? And the text in "Identification" should be changed.
I read it too fast and though it was the genus with the fewer letters. Fixed that now. We didn't have Otothyropsis in the database either, so there wasn't anything to alert me to my mistake it (and I have to say I was unfamiliar with that genus).

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Hey Jools,

allright, I just got a bit confused about this. There is one more species: Otothyropsis marapoama.

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On the L081 debate I'm assuming you've seen the Glaser email Newsletter which discusses L081n the Sao Felix variant and states they think it is different to xanthellus (mainly) based on adult colouration, but they include L081 as xanthellus. Photos of different stages of the Sao Felix/Stardust variant are included, notably an adult.
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Hi Steve

Yes, I saw that. I'm including the brownish l081 in l081 which I am not content is within the range of the description. I plan to change l081 to B. cf. xanthellus.

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Based on the description etc I still think L081 is xanthellus, but I now accept the Sao Felix variant is probably a different species, based on the adult ccolouration.

Here is a Sao Felix/L081n taken at Pier Aquatics:

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