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unusual loach given its own family

Post by The-Wolf » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:45 pm

The relationships of the cobitoid loaches have been examined in a recent study and the familial placement of the genera Barbucca, Serpenticobitis and Vaillantella have been reassigned.

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http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?news=1350
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:53 pm

Yes thanks, we moderators know. Mark and I recently spent about 5 hours on the phone between Toronto and Vancouver editing a whole book to show the new nomenclature :roll:

Bit by bit we'll change anything that needs changing on LOL itself.

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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:50 pm

Thanks The-Wolf, but HH gave us a heads-up on this a little while ago :wink: :
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=8704

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Post by The-Wolf » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:47 am

sorry, not here that often.
I did a quick search and failed to find any threads about it :/
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Chromobotia macracanthus, Syncrossus berdmorei, Botia rostrata, Botia histronica, Yasuhikotakia modesta, Yasuhikotakia morleti.

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