Scientific name for German Blue Ram

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Visually, Blue Ram and German Blue Ram looks different - German Blue ram is somewhat more colorful and this is the species I am trying to get.

At LFS, they have one that is called "assorted rams", which doesn't give me much clue... :D It was also labeled Papiliochromis ramirezi. Is this German or non-German Blue Ram? I tried to look for both Blue Ram and German Blue Ram on the internet and they appear to use the same scientific names for both "species"...

Appreciate any feedback!
 
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Tim Bo

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Same fish. Papiliochromis ramirezi is the older scientific name for the fish. Mi(c)krogeophagus ramirezi is the scientifically recognized name for the German Blue Ram or Blue Ram.

Here's a quote from an internet source:
"Like Kribensis, ichtyologists have provided some debate over the name of this interesting fish. Years ago it could be found under the latin name Apistogramma ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948), but in 1971, Herbert Alxelrod coined the name Microgeophagus in one of his publications and as of today the fish is officially recognized as Microgeophagus Ramirezi (usually spelled with a 'k' in Europe). As of today, the general concensus (supported by Romer and Kullander, Meulengracht-Madsen) is that the old name of Mikrogeophagus ramirezi is the valid name for the German Blue Ram. Older publications may refer to the fish as Papiliochromis Ramirezi (colorful butterfly - Politikens Forlag 1968, Kullander 1981]."
 
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