Now they are naming characins after danios

[KerriPaul]

Saw some "Kerri Tetras"at wholesale tropicals yesterday lunchtime.

What do they look like.........well markings pretty well the same as Danio Kerri................

(Yes it was a Characin)

So now we have tetras named after Danios

 

[Fish Buddy]

I have 6 kerri tetras. I think they look very similar to the emperor tetra (I have 5 of them as well) as they have the same purple stripe. The tails are different and the size is different otherwise I would not be able to tell them apart.

I don't think I have ever seen a kerri danio. I keep blue danios and zebra danios and have seen giant, leopard and pearl danios but...

 

[The-Wolf]

I don't think I have ever seen a kerri danio. I keep blue danios

blue danios are danio kerri that is their scientific name
just to clear that up

 

[Fish Buddy]

HA, that's what I thought but I bought them a while ago and wasn't sure about their scientific name.
But isn't it brachydanio?

 

[The-Wolf]

the addition of brachy is nolonger a valid name
all brachydanios are now refered to as danio.

 

[modernhamlet]

Inpaichthys kerri is the scientific name of the Blue Emperor Tetra. It's not named after the blue danio, danio kerri.

 

[Fish Buddy]

Wow, since when has brachy not been valid? And why did they change it?

 

[Fish Buddy]

So, no one knows why they changed it?

 

[DannyBoy17]

So, no one knows why they changed it?

Is it relative?

 

[Fish Buddy]

Just curious, that's all. I like to know these things. I like any fish trivia