Aphanotorulus placement

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 11 Apr 2007, 15:15

A comment in Cat-eLog says

Previously placed in Aphanotorulus and now included in the larger genus, Hypostomus despite the fact that all these species show clear sexual dimorphism and have a generally flatter appearance than other conspecifics.

However, this comes from , which is not listed as a Hypostomus.

I changed it to a statement of

Some scientists would like to merge this genus with Hypostomus

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Mats

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 11 Apr 2007, 16:12

It's a tricky one, we've already sunk Cochliodon and so why would you therefore not sink Aphanotorulus too. The reason is the same for Squaliforma and also for Isorineloricaria if memory serves. I'll vet in the edit soon...

Jools

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 11 Apr 2007, 16:26

Agreed, if we include other synonymy according to Armbruster, we should probably continue (although he admits on his web-site that Aphanotorolus may be one of the ones that "deserve" it's own genus).

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Mats