what am I?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 17 May 2009, 23:43

Well after the millennium Cory went in 10 minutes, I figured it pays to be quick round here..

Phala is latin for a wooden tower. I think we were maybe meant to go via der Turm the German chess piece?

New fish in a bit..
M.

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 00:04

OK.. Here we go..

i) My genus is the only one of 14 proposed by Isbrücker et al. (2001) to be accepted.
ii) My species has a musical connection involving an artist, a plush material and a capital's public transport system.

Who am I?

M.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 18 May 2009, 04:26

Hmm, got two guesses...but still can't connect Lou to either.

Here's my first try:
?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 08:08

L number Banana wrote:Hmm, got two guesses...but still can't connect Lou to either.

Here's my first try:

Ancistomus snethlageae
?

Nope.

iii) Correct family, wrong genus.
iv) You have the right idea, but it isn't Lou.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 18 May 2009, 10:34

Phala is latin for a wooden tower. I think we were maybe meant to go via der Turm the German chess piece?

still baffles me, cause that wouldn't get me anywhere near that fish

how did you go from turm to cronotus?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 12:28

sidguppy wrote: still baffles me, cause that wouldn't get me anywhere near that fish

how did you go from turm to cronotus?

I didn't.. There is only one genus which starts with phala & only two species in that genus, so it didn't take long to match one of them to clue #4 (the missing picture).

I think that the Turm thing ("tower in Teuton") might have been a reference to Chess? I've always thought of the castle/rook as being a siege tower - another meaning of phala

Anyway, never mind that! Which is the only one of 14 genera that Armbruster has not objected to?

M.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 18 May 2009, 12:42

no idea, how can you search for Armbruster in the catelog?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 May 2009, 12:51

sidguppy wrote:no idea, how can you search for Armbruster in the catelog?

It is one of the searches we CAN NOT do at the moment.

But of course, it's Isbrucker you wanted to search for in this case.

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Mats

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 May 2009, 13:02

I think the answer is

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 13:27

MatsP wrote:I think the answer is
Pseudolithoxus nicoi

I was starting to sweat a bit about the 14 genera/taxonomy stuff.. the more I read the more nightmarishly confusing it all gets

However - my source was this web page which says:

Of the 14 genera, only Pseudolithoxus has been accepted as of Armbruster (2004).

The Velvet Underground & Nico..

Your turn!
M.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 May 2009, 14:15

The specific epithet could be based on a British Lord that connects with music from Sweden.
Described in 2005.
South American.

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Mats

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 18 May 2009, 14:44

Screaming Lord Sutch?

Here's our update:
Previously Listed Catfish

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 May 2009, 14:50

L number Banana wrote:Screaming Lord Sutch?

No, Pangasius sutchi is not the right one - it's not South American for one thing, and it's not a valid name either.
Edit: Not to mention that the Lord I'm thinking of was a proper Lord, not an artist's name.

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Mats

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 18 May 2009, 15:23

MatsP:

Edit: Not to mention that the Lord I'm thinking of was a proper Lord, not an artist's name.

Sorry, was making a funny, hence the laughing face. I was actually just putting an update of the list up and Lord Sutch popped into my head. Scary, isn't it?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 18:10

(Admiral) Lord Nelson & Anders Nilsson?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 18 May 2009, 18:22

Correct. Although I was more thinking of ABBA than Anders Nilsson (whoever that is).

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Mats

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 May 2009, 20:19

MatsP wrote:Correct. Although I was more thinking of ABBA than Anders Nilsson (whoever that is).

I've no idea who he is either - a composer apparently.
I just figured Nelson sounds like an anglicized variation of Nilsson.
ABBA? I know Belgium can be a bit wet and muddy, but I'm pretty sure Waterloo didn't count as a naval battle

Previously Listed Catfish

new fish

In a similar sort of vein..

i) This low flying catfish might have lost both legs in a crash whilst trying to do a slow roll - but despite that went on to become something of a hero.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 19 May 2009, 12:34

Could be the lady-pilot from Iraq war but I think maybe
?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 19 May 2009, 13:04

L number Banana wrote:Could be the lady-pilot from Iraq war but I think maybe

Corydoras baderi
?

Sir Douglas Bader, lost both legs doing some ill judged aerobatics at low level but, despite that, went on to be a very successful fighter pilot during WWII.

Who was the lady pilot you were thinking of?

Anywyay, your turn!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 19 May 2009, 13:26

Pretty amazing guy - he was a POW for a while even after he had his new aluminum legs. Make me look pretty snivelling when I complain about a mosquito bite...

Who was the lady pilot you were thinking of?

Major Tammy Duckworth - Blackhawk pilot - kickbutt kind of person, spoke up against Bush and his 'friends'

Need some time to go fishing - back soon.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 19 May 2009, 13:51

Previously Listed Catfish

New Fish:
I share my name with a very useful Law. This law is important to weightlifters and seniors especially. Can also be important to people who have been in an accident.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 19 May 2009, 21:35

Hmm, no bites yet...

Clue 2: The law that shares my name has to do with bones.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 20 May 2009, 04:37

1) I share my name with a very useful Law. This law is important to weightlifters and seniors especially. Can also be important to people who have been in an accident.
2) The law that shares my name has to do with bones.

New Clues:
3) I'm from the east but the ____'s Law guy was German. His first name is like one in the Catfish List Winners.
4) I could also be named after a quirky composer but my epithet only refers to my very old genus. It was first used when the quirky composer was alive.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 20 May 2009, 08:23

if we're talking about the Law of Gravity; Isaac Newton was not a German guy......

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 20 May 2009, 15:05

sidguppy wrote:
if we're talking about the Law of Gravity; Isaac Newton was not a German guy......

No but I'm sure he was nice too.
It's not Ohm's Law either.

Forget the Law guy (a surgeon) and think of the composer instead - quirky and worthy of an very big and recent anniversary. Had four names, a movie was made with the second, he apparently answered to the third (the name we want here) and CD's would usually use the last name.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 20 May 2009, 15:18

Eek

Small correction that really has no relevance.. the composer had 5 names! Clue above still works though, forget the first to names. Movie was made of the third, we're looking for the fourth, a common Gernam name and he's known in classical music by the last.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 20 May 2009, 15:40

Okay clue round-up because I fear I've messed it all up anyway!!

1) I share my name with a very useful Law. This law is important to weightlifters and seniors especially. Can also be important to people who have been in an accident.
2) The law that shares my name has to do with bones.
3) I'm from the east but the ____'s Law guy was German. His first name is like one in the Catfish List Winners.
4) I could also be named after a quirky composer but my epithet only refers to my very old genus. It was first used when the quirky composer was alive.
5) Forget the Law guy (a surgeon) and think of the composer instead - quirky and worthy of an very big and recent anniversary.
6) the composer had 5 names, forget the first two names. We're looking for the third, a common German name, a movie and a song was made of the fourth, and he's known in classical music by the last, one of the Big Five Composers.

7) I'm a Bagridae fish!

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 20 May 2009, 15:52

- except Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria (in fact, I went to the museum in Salzburg, in the house where he lived).

But I couldn't find any composer with five names in the (long) list of German composers, top 5 or otherwise.

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Mats

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 20 May 2009, 15:59

MatsP wrote:
Mystuf wolfii

Wrong, wrong, it's

Nevertheless, your fish!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 20 May 2009, 16:19

MatsP:
Mystuf wolfii - except Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria (in fact, I went to the museum in Salzburg, in the house where he lived).

Yes, I lived near there for seven years. Where did I say that the composer was German? I only said that Wolf was a very common German name. The surgeon was German. And yes I missed one of his names and got the other backwards - fine, I'm a dolt.

Anyway, you got it MatsP, with or without fast keyboarding

Here's the clue explanations:
1) I share my name with a very useful Law. This law is important to weightlifters and seniors especially. Can also be important to people who have been in an accident. Wolff's Law.
2) The law that shares my name has to do with bones. Law of Bone Remodelling (Use it or Lose guy)
3) I'm from the east but the ____'s Law guy was German. His first name is like one in the Catfish List Winners. Julius Wolff - Jools.
4) I could also be named after a quirky composer but my epithet only refers to my very old genus. It was first used when the quirky composer was alive.
Genus first used 1777 and Mozart was alive 1756 -1791.
5) Forget the Law guy (a surgeon) and think of the composer instead - quirky and worthy of an very big and recent anniversary. Last year.
6) the composer had 5 names, forget the first two names. We're looking for the third, a common German name, a movie and a song was made of the fourth, and he's known in classical music by the last, one of the Big Five Composers.
7) I'm a Bagridae fish!

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