Stumbeled over this:
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... cle_id=279
...what do you think?
Brochis is Corydoras?
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kim m
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Brochis is Corydoras?
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Kim M
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Kim M
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Skive Akvarieforening
Hi Kim,
When I wrote that article in 2004 Britto had just published the following paper: Britto, MR, 2003. Phylogeny of the subfamily Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952 (Siluriformes : Callichthyidae), with a definition of its genera. Proceedings of the Avademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153: 119-154.
It was in this phylogeny that he said Corydoras was not a monophyletic group, and he proposed, among other things, placing Brochis into synonymy with Corydoras and putting the barbatus-group corys into Scleromystax.
Most people have agreed with the placing of the barbatus-group corys in Scleromystax, but I think some people disputed the Brochis/Corydoras synonymy bit.
I've added a link at the bottom of the article to the debate about the phylogeny which was published on Planet Catfish.
Cheers,
Matt
When I wrote that article in 2004 Britto had just published the following paper: Britto, MR, 2003. Phylogeny of the subfamily Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952 (Siluriformes : Callichthyidae), with a definition of its genera. Proceedings of the Avademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153: 119-154.
It was in this phylogeny that he said Corydoras was not a monophyletic group, and he proposed, among other things, placing Brochis into synonymy with Corydoras and putting the barbatus-group corys into Scleromystax.
Most people have agreed with the placing of the barbatus-group corys in Scleromystax, but I think some people disputed the Brochis/Corydoras synonymy bit.
I've added a link at the bottom of the article to the debate about the phylogeny which was published on Planet Catfish.
Cheers,
Matt
