Manaus 2003 Day 2

Post by **Silurus** » 29 Jun 2003, 01:18

Well, all the good stuff started today. I listened to Mike Littmann talk about Leiarius, and it seems that the fish commonly encountered in the aquarium trade (the spotted one with no stripes) is L. longibarbis (L. marmoratus is a junior synonym). Mike showed a pic of a freshly-caught Perrunichthys, and this is definitely not the fish seen in the aquarium trade. Mike also mentioned that someone went out to the market yesterday morning, and saw an 80 cm L. longibabris there. Rats, missed that one (I was at the market the day before)!
I also listened to Marcelo Britto talk about catfish phylogeny, with interesting results. Seems that he got a much better phylogeny than Mario did, and the results are pretty interesting. Silurids and clariids are sister groups, and Horabagrus is not a bagrid. Didn't take down all the details, but this is what I can remember.
I also listened to Jon Armbruster give a talk on loricariids from Guyana. There were plenty of pretty pics of undescribed loricariids, including a new Hypostomus that looked exactly like a brown spotted Cochliodon (which he considers a synonym of Hypostomus, only without spoon-shaped teeth, an elongate "Peckoltia with a pretty barred pattern, and the new Hypancistrus-like thing that looks like H. inspector with smaller spots. Jon also said that Hypancistrus also consists of more than one genus and will be split.
Talked to Jon and he said that the loricariid revision (his Ph.D. dissertation) will bew published soon.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 29 Jun 2003, 14:42

Hi!

Well very interesting!
I talked with Jon regarding his last trip in the Rupunini region, he has sent me some pictures of the Loricariidae that they caught there...absolutly beautiful among the fish were some Pseudacanthicus leopardus, he noted some differences in the biotop they were living in depending the age of the fish...
the Hypancistrus species that he caught there is highly similar to the Hypancistrus sp L136 caught in the Rio Negro...
Well I can not wait to be able to read the revision..I wish I could be there with you... must be some interesting!!!
Well If you got the chance to see Jon , give him my Hello!
Cheers
Yann

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 29 Aug 2003, 19:09

Talked to Jon and he said that the loricariid revision (his Ph.D. dissertation) will bew published soon.

Do you have any new information about publishing date? Where it will appear- in Zootaxa?

Post by **Silurus** » 29 Aug 2003, 19:34

No, it's slated for publication in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. No word on the publication date, though.