Original evidence / species identification
Historical aquarium Cherry terminology appears in older trade descriptions and is listed by NCBI as a synonym under davidi.
Illustrated research / ancestry evidence
Other taxonomic treatments
2024 Yang et al. propose it as part of broad denticulata complex; competing responses caution against total lumping.
Contradictions and unresolved claims
Scientific synonymy and trade spelling must not become a supposed breeding cross or mutant allele.
Ecological and breeder-pedigree limits
Reference record only; not an additional Ninth Japanese field species.
Recorded commercial founders
Not documented in cited field taxonomy
Published, counted named-color F1/F2 ratios
No controlled commercial color F1/F2 segregation table in cited source
Primary scientific and database references
- NCBI taxonomy (N. davidi current name, N. heteropoda alternative synonym)
Curated database annotation, not nomenclatural authority. NCBI explicitly warns users to consult taxonomic literature, especially in a contested case
- Yang, Cui, Li, Dong, Kang & Gan (2024), N. davidi–denticulata–heteropoda mitogenome proposal
Peer-reviewed mitogenomic taxonomy hypothesis. Proposal to synonymize under N. denticulata is contested by other taxonomists, and not an official universally resolved species consensus
- Cai & Shih (2025) reply to Fuke, clarifying competing taxonomic interpretations
Peer-reviewed published response, Dec 3 2025. Authors defend distinct N. davidi and N. denticulata using integrated taxonomy; the published exchange documents unresolved disagreement