The study suggests there may be «many more such instances of misidentification of animal species» — especially considering that the sunfish is relatively large and hard to miss — says Byrappa Venkatesh, a geneticist at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore, who was not involved in the new research. (scientificamerican.com)
Eyewitness misidentification accounts for three - quarters of wrongful convictions — but tweaking the line - up system can bring more accurate results (newscientist.com)
And some dogs have been assigned to a group based on an erroneous translation of the breed name in the country of origin or on misidentification by the travelers who brought the dogs to the attention of the Western World. (canismajor.com)