The popular Endler's livebearer now has a formal scientific name after scientists completed a study of the species and compared it to the common guppy.
Poeser, Kempkes and Isbrucker have named the Endler's livebearer, or Campoma guppy as it is also known, as Poecilia wingei in a paper in the journal Contributions to Zoology.
The species has been placed in the
Poecilia subgenus
Acanthophacelus, which was originally erected by Eigenmann in 1907, and according to the authors, it is very closely related to the common guppy, Poecilia reticulata.
The "new" species, or Campopa guppy as the scientists refer to it, differs from the common guppy in colouration and behaviour, which allows the species to be reproductively isolated.
,The popular Endler's livebearer now has a formal scientific name after scientists completed a study of the species and compared it to the common guppy.
Poeser, Kempkes and Isbrucker have named the Endler's livebearer, or Campoma guppy as it is also known, as Poecilia wingei in a paper in the journal Contributions to Zoology.
The species has been placed in the Poecilia subgenus Acanthophacelus, which was originally erected by Eigenmann in 1907, and according to the authors, it is very closely related to the common guppy, Poecilia reticulata.
The "new" species, or Campopa guppy as the scientists refer to it, differs from the common guppy in colouration and behaviour, which allows the species to be reproductively isolated.
Poecilia wingei is found in the Campoma region of Venezuela, at the base of the Paria Peninsula. The study says that the subgenus Acanthophacelus must have originated in this area prior to the uplift of the Cordilleras geologically.
For more information see the paper: Poeser, FN, M Kempkes, and 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: 97–115.
Poecilia wingei is found in the Campoma region of Venezuela, at the base of the Paria Peninsula. The study says that the subgenus Acanthophacelus must have originated in this area prior to the uplift of the Cordilleras geologically.
For more information see the paper: Poeser, FN, M Kempkes, and 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: 97–115.
The above atricle was taken from
PFK website Also there are sone changes going on in the other genuses, as i know more these will be added.
Alan
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