Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Fish diversity
From: Bob Bock (bockhouse-in-earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Dec 21 2004 - 14:36:50 CST
Hey Jim, if you think it's cool to have an e-mail list dealing with North American fishes, you should join NANFA so you can get American Currents. It is absolutely beyond compare, going in depth on all the fascinating subjects covered on this list.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith <jbosmith-in-gmail.com>
Sent: Dec 21, 2004 12:42 PM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Fish diversity
How is it Central America got grouped with South America? People on
this list are so possessive of their continent, that all those poor
South American countries down through Panama never get credit. :-)
That brings me to my next question. What exactly is the scope of
NANFA? When I found out there a north american fish list I was like,
"Cool, Darters, Pupfish, Goodeids, and Cichlids". That doesn't seem to
be the case though so could someone clarify it for me so that I know
what is on topic?
Thanks,
Jim
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:42:14 +0000, ichthos-in-comcast.net
<ichthos-in-comcast.net> wrote:
> >Is it true that 10% of fish species are found on the North American continent? (!)
>
> Here's how North America's freshwater fish diversity stacks up against other
> continental regions:
>
> Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 360 species
> Australia & New Guinea . . . . ~ 500 species
> North America . . . . . . . . . . ~ 1,135 species
> Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .> 3,000 species
> Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 3,000 species
> South & Central America . . . > 5,000 species
>
> As you can see, North America has a small but still diverse fish fauna, with
> roughly 9% of the world's *freshwater* fish species.
>
> There are an estimated 25,000 validly described species of fish worldwide, including marine, so North America's 1135 freshwater species are a tiny slice of the total diversity, about 4.5%
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
>
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