tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post8547758672484003273..comments2024-02-16T06:03:12.489-06:00Comments on BrummellBlog: Friday Fish: Albula vulpesTheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-8591128897207318642007-06-29T12:52:00.000-06:002007-06-29T12:52:00.000-06:00Hi Ben,That's an interesting question. I don't kn...Hi Ben,<BR/><BR/>That's an interesting question. I don't know why this fish is named after a fox. Seems latinesque species binomials are not immune to weird and probably irrelevant naming conventions. Actually, I already knew that, I just didn't expect to find an example in this form, where the common name does not match the apparent origins of the latin binomial.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-18146890868383209682007-06-29T07:12:00.000-06:002007-06-29T07:12:00.000-06:00Ben Here,Just a curiosity thought, anyone know whe...Ben Here,<BR/>Just a curiosity thought, anyone know where vulpes comes from in Latin? The red fox is Vulpes vulpes, and now the bone fish also has a species name of vulpes? <BR/><BR/>thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-23556782799407666542007-06-27T17:21:00.000-06:002007-06-27T17:21:00.000-06:00I have met Axel Meyer, and cite his research repea...I have met Axel Meyer, and cite his research repeatedly in my M.Sc. thesis. I didn't realize he was working with videos of cichlid courtship / mating, but I'm not particularly surprised. I'd like to see that video... Cichlids have some very interesting behaviours.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-80486529273773602302007-06-27T11:57:00.000-06:002007-06-27T11:57:00.000-06:00This fish may be lame, but Axel Meyer presented a ...This fish may be lame, but Axel Meyer presented a video of a cichlid getting its eggs orally fertilized... if you know what I mean.Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153076425887492166noreply@blogger.com