Study reveals ‘hidden’ species in aquarium fish trade
May 2nd, 2012 — 7:14pm
Rupert Collins
A recently published study in the open-access journal PLoS ONE documents the trade in a popular family of fishes—the cyprinids—and reveals new information about some of the hobby’s favourite species.
Puntius filamentosus (A) and P. assimilis (B) are not easy to tell apart. © Rupert Coliins
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