Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Fish diversity
From: James Smith (jbosmith-in-gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 21 2004 - 16:55:58 CST
It's on my list of things to do. I've heard lots of good things. I'm
not much into the shiners and such, they're a bit too mindless for me,
but I love some of the smarter fish such as sunfish. I especially like
hearing collection stories. I just dumped $1100 into supplies to
setup 35 tubs for setting up isofemale strains from wild endlers
though so my fish budget is just about shot for a while :-)
Jim
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:36:50 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Bob Bock
<bockhouse-in-earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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