Mugwump's Fish World

...I picked up 3 of these last night at the ARK auction...They're a little lost in the 125!..

...I see the taxonomists have been at their nitpicking ways again...When I last had them they were Danio Choprae and now they are  Celestichthys choprae...!   When did that change Dennis?..

It happened a few years ago.

There is a disagreement between taxonomists about this (surprise).
The Celestichthys genus you found is from a splitter, who also remade the Brachydanio genus along side the Danio genus from a single larger Danio group.
There is also a lumper wants them all grouped together.

Based who published most recently (that I know of) the splitter is winning.

Personally, I like the split up taxonomy since it accentuates the differences among the different fish. Otherwise the Danio group would be rather large for a genus (probably more than 40 species, more keep getting discovered/described).
On the other hand, it is nice to have a stable naming system and not have to keep coming back and learn new names.

Quote from: BillT on January 14, 2018, 12:45:50 PM
It happened a few years ago.

There is a disagreement between taxonomists about this (surprise).
The Celestichthys genus you found is from a splitter, who also remade the Brachydanio genus along side the Danio genus from a single larger Danio group.
There is also a lumper wants them all grouped together.

Based who published most recently (that I know of) the splitter is winning.

Personally, I like the split up taxonomy since it accentuates the differences among the different fish. Otherwise the Danio group would be rather large for a genus (probably more than 40 species, more keep getting discovered/described).
On the other hand, it is nice to have a stable naming system and not have to keep coming back and learn new names.

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Quote from: BillT on January 14, 2018, 12:45:50 PM
It happened a few years ago.

There is a disagreement between taxonomists about this (surprise).
The Celestichthys genus you found is from a splitter, who also remade the Brachydanio genus along side the Danio genus from a single larger Danio group.
There is also a lumper wants them all grouped together.

Based who published most recently (that I know of) the splitter is winning.

Personally, I like the split up taxonomy since it accentuates the differences among the different fish. Otherwise the Danio group would be rather large for a genus (probably more than 40 species, more keep getting discovered/described).
On the other hand, it is nice to have a stable naming system and not have to keep coming back and learn new names.

...I guess this still applies: " Change is the only constant! "

Quote from: Ron Sower on January 14, 2018, 04:53:47 PM

Quote from: BillT on January 14, 2018, 12:45:50 PM
It happened a few years ago.

There is a disagreement between taxonomists about this (surprise).
The Celestichthys genus you found is from a splitter, who also remade the Brachydanio genus along side the Danio genus from a single larger Danio group.
There is also a lumper wants them all grouped together.

Based who published most recently (that I know of) the splitter is winning.

Personally, I like the split up taxonomy since it accentuates the differences among the different fish. Otherwise the Danio group would be rather large for a genus (probably more than 40 species, more keep getting discovered/described).
On the other hand, it is nice to have a stable naming system and not have to keep coming back and learn new names.

...I guess this still applies: " Change is the only constant! "

..it seems so sometimes, huh?

Quote from: Mugwump on January 14, 2018, 05:04:14 PM

Quote from: Ron Sower on January 14, 2018, 04:53:47 PM

Quote from: BillT on January 14, 2018, 12:45:50 PM
It happened a few years ago.

There is a disagreement between taxonomists about this (surprise).
The Celestichthys genus you found is from a splitter, who also remade the Brachydanio genus along side the Danio genus from a single larger Danio group.
There is also a lumper wants them all grouped together.

Based who published most recently (that I know of) the splitter is winning.

Personally, I like the split up taxonomy since it accentuates the differences among the different fish. Otherwise the Danio group would be rather large for a genus (probably more than 40 species, more keep getting discovered/described).
On the other hand, it is nice to have a stable naming system and not have to keep coming back and learn new names.

...I guess this still applies: " Change is the only constant! "

..it seems so sometimes, huh?

...What can you think of that doesn't change...I've been trying to come up with something...