Mean_Chlorine wrote:
> Zarske & Gery who named the tetra seem to have got a bit confused -
> it's from Colombia, not Columbia, and should AFAI can tell have had
> the species epithet "colombianus". Pity the editor of Das Aquarium
> missed that.
In German "Colombia" is spelled "Kolumbien", so that may be the source
of the confusion.
One would have to go to the original species description to see what
spelling was used there, this is then mandatory even if it contains an
error.
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