Hi Chantal this is the one Sven and I call 'spotty' - the hybrid with argus as one parent Best Maria Quoting Chantal Conand <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi Yves > > Since I read the paper 2013 (thanks Franck), it looks funny to me also, as > there are no B. argus in the IO....meaning other hybridation ... > Bohadschia stories are not closed!!! > Best > Chantal > > > 2014-03-30 18:40 GMT+02:00 Yves Samyn <[log in to unmask]>: > >> Hi all >> >> >> >> Same appeared to me... but a bit problematic as 'B maculisparsa' is not >> supposed to be in the Indian Ocean. B. atra hybridizes too? >> >> >> >> Cheers - Yves >> >> >> -----Original message----- >> *From:* Frank Rowe <[log in to unmask]> >> *Sent:* Sun 30-03-2014 17:59 >> *Subject:* Re: Bohadschia sp? >> *To:* [log in to unmask]; >> Dear Chantal, >> >> This looks like another example of whatSun, Alex and Gustav nominated as >> a '...putative *argus-vitiensis* hybrid with *vitiensis* background >> colour and ocellar spots similar to *argus*'. This is in their 2013 paper >> in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Colour, confusion, and >> crossing: resolution of species problems in *Bohadschia* (Echinodermata: >> Holothuroidea). >> >> Regards, >> >> Frank >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* flmnh-aspidolist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On >> Behalf Of *Chantal Conand >> *Sent:* 30 March 2014 15:51 >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* Bohadschia sp? >> >> Dear colleagues >> >> I just received this photo (without sample nor spicules) from Mauritius, I >> believe it is a Bohadschia, but which species please? >> Best regards from Paris >> >> Chantal Conand >> >> >