On 27 Jul 2004 19:14:33 -0700, (Ninereeds)
wrote:

Thanks Steve, although I am still a bit confused.

I thought the sequence went:

..... family, genus, species.

In which case an Electric Yellow would be :

Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Labidochromis
Species: Caeruleus

So, in the case of Haplochromis sp. "Flameback", does it mean that
there is no latin name for that particular species?


That's it. They are using the common name to suggest it is a unique
species rather than a subspecies or variety of a known species.

Steve