Phylogenetic divergence in species of Astronotus

[cichla]

Colatreli, Meliciano, Toffoli, Farias and Hrbek (2012): Deep Phylogenetic Divergence and Lack of Taxonomic Concordance in Species of Astronotus (Cichlidae). International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012.

''What is currently considered Astronotus ocellatus harbors multiple species....''

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijeb/2012/915265/

[Bas Pels]

The results can be used to construe 5 species, but just as wel 1, variable, species.

After al, the results clearly point out that whether ocelli are present or not is not usable to determine species. Nothing more.

Science has done its job, now wisdom will be needed to result in 1 or 5 species.