Hi, Doug,
Be sure to pick up WISCONSIN FISHES 2000, by NANFA members John Lyons and
Phil Cochran, if you haven't already. It provides a useful update of the
1983 Becker book.
Good luck finding a copy of Becker. It's out-of-print and pretty expensive
(>$100) when it does surface. Lyons and Cochran (and others) are writing a
new edition, but it's years away.
Other resources:
A preliminary version of an innovative photo-based system for identifying
the fishes of Wisconsin is online at:
Click on 3Research2 and then on 3Online system for identifying fishes.2
You9ll need a fast Internet connection (i.e., not a phone modem) to really
use this system. Also available online is a fish distribution mapping
program for Wisconsin fishes:
http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/fishmap
Again, a fast Internet connection is needed.
Chris Scharpf
NANFA HQ
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