[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Hey Stefan,

thanks a bunch for the link to the article!

All the best,
Gregor

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Thanks Peter,

I did sign there too – just to make sure 🙂

I don’t know whether activities like these will actually achieve changes for the better but next to avoiding palm oil products etc and donating to environmentalist organisations, it seems to be the least I can do. So I am always thankful for hints and links like this one in addition to the newsletters to sign up to.

All the best,
Gregor 🙂

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Hello Peter,

I did the same thing earlier today 🙂

Here is the link to this petition – in case others would like to sign as well:
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/mailalert/865/save-the-last-orangutan-refuge

All the best,
Gregor 🙂

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Thanks a lot Peter.

You have given me a good first idea of how things are basically handled.

Understanding seems impermanent. New methods and new “facts” lead to new knowledge. I guess that having to accept the “final “preliminarities”” can be frustrating but learning about new details can be a joy as well 🙂
It is wonderful that you have found experts to personally engage in research concerning Parosphromenus.

Have a good weekend,
Gregor

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Hello Peter,

I like the way how the parosphromenus-project is trying to go beyond just the private keeping and breeding of these fish. It does seem like a quite ambitious network around this genus or these genera.

Who initiated these genetic investigations and/or payed for them? I am assuming that this type of scientific work may not be free of charge.

Only recently I started wondering about a few questions loosely related to this subject here, concerning the scientific work with and around new or known species. Maybe this is a good place to ask.

For example:

– Who decides, when it is time for a newly discovered species to be scientifically described as such…
– …and by whom it is to be described?
– Who decides, what name it is to be officially given?
– What is it that determines an official, scientifically acknowledged status of a description/species?
– Are these official descriptions of species being checked on a regular basis, compared to recently collected samples and maybe corrected or updated if necessary?
– Are the fish in captivity regularly compared to wild representatives of their species to notice any possible genetical or phenotypical changes in either population?

Maybe this is all common knowledge but I just haven’t come across it yet.
If these questions appear not to be fitting in this thread, maybe they can be moved to a different place within the forum.

Thanks for your time and thoughts!
Just trying to learn 🙂
Gregor

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Hi Bill,

thanks a lot for the welcome.
I have been thinking about keeping a Parosphromenus species. My betta tanks might be fine for that purpose but I’m not quite sure if the combination of B. rutilans and licorice guramis in the same tank would be a good idea and at the time being, I don’t want to set up any additional tanks.

All the best,
Gregor 🙂

[Gregor Mecklenburg]

Hello again,

maybe there is no information available or maybe such activity is not necessary in the mentioned areas. Is it possible that the natural environment there is still intact?

I was just wondering, since according to this website for example the overall situation on Borneo doesn’t appear entirely positive. But maybe that is not a reliable source…

I’d be glad to learn.

Thank you very much and all the best,
Gregor

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