How Come Halfbeaks Are Not Mentioned In Oddball Index

[DNA]

I couldn't find any halfbeaks on the oddball index. They are oddballs right? Hope halfbeaks and needlefish aren't the same...are they? If not, halfbeaks are missing in the oddball index! Can anybody add it?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i don't think that they are quite the same fish... try checking under "Livebearers"

 

[DNA]

oooooooo...so their classified as livebearers. What about snakeheads? I didn't see anything about them in the index either. Snakeheads are not equal to bichirs right?

 

[CFC]

Snakeheads are actually labyrinth fish and are closely related to gouramies and climbing perches so are under that section in the fish index.

 

[poopsydrew]

and bichirs would be in oddballs....

Drew

 

[DNA]

Ok, ok, this time I think I finally found it Reed fish! Where are they?

 

[CFC]

Reed fish are Polypterids (related to bichirs)

 

[DNA]

They are not added in the fish index right?

 

[dizzied]

There are a lot of fish that aren't in the fish index. What does it matter?

 

[DNA]

It matters because it's said,

Our aim is to create one of the largest and most comprehensive fish indexes available on the internet

It would be a great thing to achieve that aim.

It's a good place to start research on fish and make a stocking plan, useful for beginners and more experienced aquarists alike. Also, people will be introduced to fishes and other aquatic organisms they've never known of before.

 

[dizzied]

What else are they going to say? "Our aim is to create a mediocre fish index"?

There are many much better databases out there (no offense TFF).

 

[nmonks]

To be fair to the fish index, where it does score is that each "index" is written by someone who's kept the fish. So it's not just copied out of some aquarium book.

Oh, and halfbeaks and needlefish are "sister groups" -- they are very closely related. Needlefish pass through a "halfbeak" stage of morphology as they develop, where the lower jaw is longer than the upper jaw. Because of this, biologists believe that halfbeaks are paedomorphic needlefish, that is, animals that effectively become sexually mature with a morphology like that of the *juveniles* of their ancestors. You can read a paper about this here.

Cheers, Neale

 

[mcdanielnc89]

What else are they going to say? "Our aim is to create a mediocre fish index"?

There are many much better databases out there (no offense TFF).

Is it necessary to be rude?

 

[dizzied]

Don't take it as rude, it wasn't meant to be.