RE: NANFA-L-- sunnies v. cichlids was tree of life

Dustin Smith (dsmith73-in-hotmail.com)
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:23:24 -0500

It's the family of fish that now comprises the sea basses.

Dustin Smith
Lexington, SC
At the convergence of the Broad, Saluda and Congaree

----Original Message Follows----
From: Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net>
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Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- sunnies v. cichlids was tree of life
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:03:37 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Thanks, Bruce. What's a serranid?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus-in-hotmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 6, 2006 9:59 AM
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- sunnies v. cichlids was tree of life
>
>To be even more precise beyond Dustin's accurate statements, fossil
evidence
>suggests that the nearest relative of modern centrarchids was an
anadromous
>serranid that became a North American freshwater fish about 70 million
years
>ago. So centrarchids are a relatively isolated group phylogenetically.
>
>--Bruce Stallsmith
>along that centrarchid heaven, the Tennessee
>Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
>>From: Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- sunnies v. cichlids was tree of life
>>Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:54:04 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>>
>>This is such a great list. You can find someone knowledgeable enough to
>>answer just about anything.
>>
>>Thanks, Dustin!
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