> From: Piabinha at aol.com
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:26:28 EDT
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] hybrids
>
> In a message dated 8/14/2000 10:01:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> shamus at nwstar.com writes:
>
>> All breeds of dogs are actually the same species...Canis lupus familiaris
>> which can be traced back to the wolf, Canis lupus.
>
> goldfish are not a hybrid either. or those deformed balloon mollies.
>
>> True hybreds are those that are crossed species...such as M. praecox
>> and M. trifasicata. Or a Domestic dog and a wolf..as they are two
>> different species. If you bred a poodle and a german shepard, the pups
>> would still be the same species.
>> Dont know if this make any sense..but fish hybredization is not the same
>> as dogs....Two totally different things...
>
> not necessarily. dogs and wolves may turn out to be the same species. the
> jury is still out.
>
> tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
>