Hemiloricaria or Rineloricaria

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:29

The Cat-eLog has several Hemiloricarias, while both FishBase and CoF file these under Rineloricaria.
As I don't see too many Hemiloricaria as synonym for Rineloricaria, I was wondering if this has been a recent genus change.
And also: which genus must I regard as valid?
HH, many thanks in advance

Post by **Silurus** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:43

From my perusal of CoF, it seems that the type species of Hemiloricaria (H. caracasensis) is now considered a Rineloricaria. This means that everything in Hemiloricaria should now be in Rineloricaria.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:51

Clear. Can I regard all (former) Hemiloricarias as junior synonyms?

Post by **Silurus** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:54

Go ahead.

Post by **Shane** » 09 Dec 2005, 22:43

Hemiloricaria was one of the infamous DATZ genera. I have never seen it used in a peer-reviewed scientific publication as a valid genus. All recent papers I have on the topic (post DATZ publication) use Rineloricaria. Unfortunately this will be another one of those genera not accepted by scientists, but used in every German aquarium book, that adds confusion to the hobby. The DATZ, Aqualog, and Welse Atlas all use these genera.
See this post
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... c&start=15
-Shane