corrosionjerry Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 I have noticed some fish are discribed as Lamprologus and Neolamprologus / is there a difference? why Neo on the front of Lamprologus / I am sure it must have something to do with Latin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 I believe its the scientific grouping of cichlids. A quick search got me this: Neolamprologus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolamprologus "all but one species occurring in Lake Tanganyika" Lamprologus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprologus "a riverine cichlid from Eastern Africa" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) As far as I know the prefix "neo" means new... Probably has something to do with when they were defined as a genus is my guess. So Lamprologus was defined, and some time later the genus Neolamprolgus was defined to encompass new species being discovered. Edit: According to the Wikipedia articles Jaykit cited Lamprologus was defined by Schilthuis in 1891, and Neolamprologus by Colombe & Allgayer in 1985. So if you believe wikipedia I think that is ur answer... Edited November 5, 2010 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 theres also lepidolamprologus cichlids as well. All to do with some effort into classification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince0 Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 and altolamprologus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandopsis Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Moved this topic to the african cichlid forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Same tribe, but different genus. The tribe is called Lamprologini, which includes the genera Altolamprologus, Chalinochromis, Julidochromis, Lamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, Neolamprologus, and Telmatochromis. There's evidence that the males of different genera can and will breed with females from another genera, so I'd caution against both in the same tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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