Re: NANFA-L-- Moribund fish & Life Outside

ichthos at comcast.net
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:31:46 +0000

> Until someone with authority explains to my level of understanding what
> officially defines a species, I will view it all as a temporary aberration.

I'm not an authority, but one of my previous posts helps shed a little light on how to define (and redefine) species:

http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/nanfa-lmar05/0072.html

Also, don't forget about NANFA's taxonomically up-to-date checklist of species, subspecies and undescribed forms:

http://www.nanfa.org/bccdiversity.shtml

Chris Scharpf
NANFA HQ
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