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- Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:52 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Silurus glanis hunt for new foods
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1234
Re: Silurus glanis hunt for new foods
Kottelat & Freyhof (2007; native range red, introduced range green):

Netherlands is Lower Rhine, so native to Netherlands 
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:02 am
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: A new species of Peckoltia from the Upper Orinoco
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1963
Re: A new species of Peckoltia from the Upper Orinoco
Yes, definitely Peckoltia!
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:34 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Bad incident, take some caution
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3780
Re: Bad incident, take some caution
Cripes, such an easy mistake to make. Sorry to hear about the fish. Make sure as many people hear about this as possible. I also find it hard to believe that it's the ethanol, as there will only minute amounts left on the hands after they are are dried, and I doubt it's that toxic in such small quan...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Panaqolus: What is L329, L351 and P. nocturnus.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1808
Re: Panaqolus: What is L329, L351 and P. nocturnus.
Hey Jools,
PDF (crappy quality, massive file size) has been added to the Loricariidae share folder. Enjoy!
PDF (crappy quality, massive file size) has been added to the Loricariidae share folder. Enjoy!
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Complete mitochondrial genome of some random loricariine misidentified in a pet store
- Replies: 6
- Views: 895
Re: Complete mitochondrial genome of some random loricariine misidentified in a pet store
It looks like <"it is another one for ">, @racoll's", <"Spreadsheet of shame">. :) Presumably one could check the Genbank accession numbers of the comparative sequences to see if those have been correctly identified. They look legit. I checked COI and 12S. Wild caught vouch...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Deciding on catfish for African river tank
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3826
Re: Deciding on catfish for African river tank
Hey Marc! Those Amphilius I got at Pier at the CSG meeting are fantastic, so I thoroughly recommend them if you can find any. They're incredibly lively and go absolutely mental if they smell any food. Main problem with African fishes, as you know, is actually finding them in the shops. Only option r...
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:19 pm
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Catfish Study Group 2020 - 41st Convention
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7080
Re: Catfish Study Group 2020 - 41st Convention
Great to catch up with everyone! Thanks Mark and the other organisers.
Hopefully we'll all still be around for next year.
I did my best to panic-buy a lot of catfish
Hopefully we'll all still be around for next year.
I did my best to panic-buy a lot of catfish

- Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Redescription of Hypostomus carinatus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2607
Re: Redescription of Hypostomus carinatus
Anyone got a copy?
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:49 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Early history of freshwater fish imports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5329
Re: Early history of freshwater fish imports
Thanks for spotting that Jools. Link is now fixed.Jools wrote:Minor point, but you need to rename the download with a .pdf extension to be readily readable.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:31 am
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Early history of freshwater fish imports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5329
Early history of freshwater fish imports
Might be of interest ...
Novak et al. 2020. Modern ornamental aquaculture in Europe: early history of freshwater fish imports. Reviews in Aquaculture. DOI: 10.1111/raq.12421.
PDF here.
Novak et al. 2020. Modern ornamental aquaculture in Europe: early history of freshwater fish imports. Reviews in Aquaculture. DOI: 10.1111/raq.12421.
PDF here.
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Complete mitochondrial genome of Brochis multiradiatus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1717
Re: Complete mitochondrial genome of Brochis multiradiatus
No, but there really should be ... In its place I have a "spreadsheet of shame" that I use to filter out any undesirable sequences before I use them. Problem is it needs manually updating and that takes work :( Some of my favourites are: Solea solea identified as Xiphias gladius Thunnus id...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:20 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Complete mitochondrial genome of Brochis multiradiatus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1717
Re: Complete mitochondrial genome of Brochis multiradiatus
I don't mind them publishing papers that nobody will read, but when put this crappy data on public databases, it really bothers me. This one , apparently "Tatia intermedia", is actually a goldfish! See https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PAGE=Nucleotides&PROGRAM=blastn&QUERY=M...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Microcambevinae, new subfamily in Trichomycteridae
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1852
Re: Microcambevinae, new subfamily in Trichomycteridae
Making phylogenetic assumptions based on a small amount of data can likewise be very misleading. With a small amount of data those incorrect relationships tend not to be well supported, and so the gut feeling is that with more data they will be resolved. They often are resolved with 100% support .....
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:36 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Microcambevinae, new subfamily in Trichomycteridae
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1852
Re: Microcambevinae, new subfamily in Trichomycteridae
It's increasingly common now to use entire genomes for phylogenetic reconstructions. But what always staggers me is how well the crappy old methods can still perform. Take the recent loricariid phylogeny by Roxo et al. (2019) using 328,330 bp of ultraconserved element DNA ... I get much the same top...
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:06 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: History of Ancistrus in the US
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3077
Re: History of Ancistrus in the US
Haha, yes.Aren't the specimens ID'd as A. aguaboensis problematic also?
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 4:34 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: History of Ancistrus in the US
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3077
Re: History of Ancistrus in the US
In short, it maybe is time to re-introduce "Ancistrus sp(3)" Remember this thread ? Sadly very few additional Ancistrus DNA barcodes have been publicly uploaded since 2012, but I ran the analysis again to see if anything has changed. We do now have some trade samples from both South Afric...
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:46 pm
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Complete mitochondrial genome of Corydoras sterbai
- Replies: 4
- Views: 907
Re: Complete mitochondrial genome of Corydoras sterbai
Why publish one paper when you can publish ten?! Just gaming the system, unfortunately, and not adding much value.bekateen wrote:Considering this is the third article a cory mitochondrial genome, it seems that some lab got a new toy! (a next-gen sequencer)!
- Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:11 am
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Wertheimeria maculata
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3750
Re: Wertheimeria maculata
I was wondering if I could find the nationality of Mr. Wertheimer as it could be a hard v or a soft w depending on this. From Etyfish : "... belonging to: Mr. Wertheimer, who collected type, either Louis Wertheimer of the Thayer Expedition to Brazil, or Achilles Wertheimer, who died on the exp...
- Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:37 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Wertheimeria maculata
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3750
Re: Wertheimeria maculata
If anyone has a copy of Natural history of the "Wertheimeria maculata, a basal doradid catfish endemic to eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Doradidae)" article in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(2) · June 2007, I'd appreciate being able to read it / add info to the site. Apart fr...
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:29 pm
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Platydoras Sp Shallow Scute
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7165
Re: Platydoras Sp Shallow Scute
Oops, my bad. No idea where 2017 came from. That's the paper (2013).bekateen wrote:Sorry, but I'm having trouble finding this resource. Do you mean the 2013 paper (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.021)? I see Platydoras sp. 'Maroni' there.