Endler's livebearer described

[Silurus]

I posted this in another forum, and ordinarily would not post something like that here, but I figure maybe there are enough fans of Endler's here to justify this (personally, I wouldn't give two bits about the fish...).

Drop me a line if you want the pdf.

Poeser, FN, M Kempkes, & IJH Isbrücker, 2005. Description of Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) wingei n. sp. from the Paría Peninsula, Venezuela, including notes on Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907 and other subgenera of Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1808 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Contributions to Zoology 74: 97â??115.

Abstract
The taxonomy of the common guppy, Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859, is reviewed and the closely related Campoma guppy, P. wingei n. sp., is described. Formerly, the common guppy was not judged to be closely related to any other species of Poecilia, but the new species is the second species to be allocated in the subgenus Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907. The recognition of P. wingei results from observed character displacement, i.e., on the interaction between two closely related species in a shared environment. In addition to differences in coloration, behaviour also indicates specific differences. The area in which P. wingei occurs, the Campoma region at the base of the Paría Peninsula in Venezuela, hints to an origin of the subgenus Acanthophacelus prior to the uplift of the Cordilleras, i.e. the eastern orogenesis of the Andes. Moreover, an explanation is offered for aberrant molecular data in Trinidadian guppies.

[Jools]

Ah, come now, it's a pretty little thing. Here's one of mine...



Jools

[mummymonkey]

It's a guppy I tells ya!