New Hara

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Re: New Hara

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Why is Erethistes and Hara used interchangeably? Peer review should've caught that. Is Erethistes the official genus it's described under because it has the "sp nov" attached to it, even though the paper seems to call it a Hara more often?
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Judging by the drawing of the serrations on the pectoral spine, this should be a Hara and not an Erethistes. I should say this species sounds exceedingly similar to H.hara.
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