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Congratulations on your first catfish species named, Milton (suckermouth).

Congratulations Milton.

That was quick! When did you start your postgrad studies again?

Great work Milton. New species added: . Any chance of a copy of the photos? ;)

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Mats

Man I can't believe I was scooped on posting my own paper to PlanetCatfish!

Silurus wrote:Congratulations on your first catfish species named, Milton (suckermouth).

Thanks!

racoll wrote:Congratulations Milton.

That was quick! When did you start your postgrad studies again?

Hahaha, it doesn't feel that quick. I started my studies in the summer of '09 and I only finally submitted this paper last fall. Of course, I have been juggling other things.

MatsP wrote:Great work Milton. New species added:

Cordylancistrus santarosensis

. Any chance of a copy of the photos? ;)

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Mats

Sent.

First, I'd like to say congratulations on your first paper. Then, I'd like to ask if there are any pics of live ones in existence. This makes it much easier when someone shows up in a forum with some oddball contaminant they would like an ID for. Not a critique, but since you're apparently going to be doing this, and are obviously a hobbyist as well, something to think about.

Larry

I do not know if live photographs exist for this fish but I'll ask the original collector.

I wish getting live photographs was in my control. Live photographs aren't just helpful for hobbyists, but for everyone, including other scientists, and also are great to show off new species to the public. Their utility isn't something I have to think about, live pictures are great. Unfortunately, none of the new species I am working on describing right now I have ever seen alive.

I doubt this fish will turn up in the hobby. Fish from the Equador seem to be fairly thin on the ground, and even more so from the coastal areas.

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Mats

Nope, no live pictures exist...

Firstly, a heartfelt congrats.

Nope, no live pictures exist...

Sounds like a good reason to get a collecting trip to the coastal side of Ecuador together! I have long throught that the western side of the Andes probably holds some very strange and exotic spp. since they have been cut off from the Amazon basin for a very long time.
-Shane

And just to share in the collective pride of "one of ours" publishing their first species description, some more on it.

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/article00241.html





Jools

Thanks for the link, Jools!

Now you're just showing off! Well done again for getting catfish into the public eye.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... s-science/

Jools

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com ... -the-week/

Jools

Jools wrote:Now you're just showing off! Well done again for getting catfish into the public eye.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... s-science/

Jools

Jon and I aren't entirely sure why they picked this species out of all the species he's ever described, but we definitely appreciate the publicity!