[Peter Finke]

Dear Bartian, I apologize for using some harsh wording. The confusion that has arisen is not caused by your action but by the publishers of that journal. They originally published December 19th as release date for that issue of “Vertebrate Zoology”, and when Horst Linke sent me the article (December 9th) this was the date to be respected. It was to be read on the first page of that article on top right. It was clear to me that we have to wait until that time before we inform all friends via our Homepage.
On December 11th I saw Martin Fischer at Würzburg, a very sucsessful breeder of “Langgam”, and I told him that I had a surprise for him; “Langgam” is history, now it’s P. phoenicurus (= the European Redstart, a very good name, I think). Of course he was rather surprised too, and we both thought that we must wait unti the 19th to publish this.
But then the publisher decided to go online before printing the paper issue, namely at December 10th, and you found it very quickly. Since I had a pdf given by Horst I did not look again. Then I saw your note and was puzzled. I thought it was your “quickness” that was a bit too quick, but you were not. You saw it in the internet and posted the link. And there was the new date: December 10th. So, you are fully all right. Please excuse my harsh words.
In the meantime I phoned with Horst Linke and received a mail by Ingo Schindler: There is no problem either. They were surprised by that earlier release of the online edition, too.
You have deleted that link. This is no longer necessary. Please restore it that others may see that new first description of two very beautiful licorice gouramis.
Peter