Talk:Thiaminase

Within the article the "Rainbow trout" is classified as Salmo gairdneri. This name is a bit dated. The salmonid has gone by the name Oncorhynchus mykiss since the late 1980s. The fish was originally classified from the Kamchatka Penninsula, Russia (above Japan) as Salmo mykiss, or, "Kamchatka trout." One hundred years later the fish was independently described from the North American west coast as Salmo gairdneri, or, "Rainbow trout". In the mid-1980s research uncovered that not only were the two fish the same species, but that the fish was actually very closely related to the Pacific salmon or Oncorhynchus spp. Henceforth the "Rainbow trout" has been named Oncorhynchus mykiss. "Steelhead" are the anadromous form of the fish. This research had some larger ramifications and lead to all Salmon of the Atlantic realm to fall under the genus Salmo and all Salmon of the Pacific realm to fall under the genus Oncorhynchus.

The remaining salmonids (Whitefish, Grayling, Lenok, Huchen, and Charr) all retained their original classifications. However, this may change again as latest research argues for a single salmon family, the "Salmonidae". Whitefish and Grayling are currently within the seperate families of "Coregonidae" and "Thymallidae", respectively.

A full discussion of this can be read in the article, "What's in a Name: The Saga of the Rainbow Trout", within the book The Diversity of Fishes, by Helfman, Collette, and Facey.
 * By all means feel free to change it and add some sources. Most of the fish you mentioned are not really 'Aquarium' fish for most aquarists so their pages don't get much traffic. --Brian 08:02, 21 November 2011 (CST)

Alter it
So change it? :)

--Quatermass 14:01, 18 November 2011 (CST)


 * Done! --User:Protacanthopterix
 * Thank you! (also don't forget to sign your name using --~ ) --Brian 06:05, 22 November 2011 (CST)