- L-number
published by the aquarium magazine DATZ (Die Aquarien und Terrarienzeitschrift).
An L-number is not an official
scientific name , but it does allow people to identify various Loricariid catfish by a "common name " before the fish is actually officially described. When a Loricariid receives an official scientific name, the L-number is retired. cite web | url= http://www.aquariacentral.com/articles/lnumbers.shtml |title=What are L Numbers?
author =Shane Linder]In general a specific L-number classification does not guarantee a discrete species—multiple L numbers have been given to different
population s of the same species. To add to the confusion, sometimes a single L-number may actually be used for multiple species.Additionally the aquarium magazine 'Das Aquarium' introduced a similar system using the prefix 'LDA'.
L-number catfish articles
The L-numbers are listed below in numerical order. [cite web|url=http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers.php?mode=l&thumbs=16|title=Cat-eLog::All l-numbers|publisher=PlanetCatfish.com|accessdate=2007-04-28] The preceding number holds no true precedence over the "alternative" L-numbers; they merely both are numbers that describe the same species or type.
ee also
*German Wikipedia article
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
