Whats With Those Names?

[DiscusKeeper403]

Seriously what with those weird names like L5 and L16? It sounds like there experiments made in a laberatory!

 

[The-Wolf]

The "L Number" system began when two German magazines began featuring newly discovered Loricariids in their magazines. Since these species were not yet described to science, the magazines began assigning them "L numbers". The German magazine "DATZ" (Die Aquarien und Terrarienzeitschrift) started with the designation L1 for the Loricariid which has now been described as Glyptopterichthys joselimaianus. So now L1 is retired. Another German magazine "Das Aquarium", also began to run a similar feature in its magazine and labeled the fishes as LDA followed by a number. At the time of writing, the DATZ L system is somewhere above L370 and the LDA system is above LDA 70 - neither show signs of slowing. This numbering system has caught on and new species of Corydoras are now being assigned "C Numbers".

taken from
http/www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/s...?article_id=175

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Insaine! It still sounds like it's off of some mad scientists counter