-Irate
Pelahatchie, MS
"He says there's no doubt about it, it was the myth of fingerprints.
I've seen them all and man, they're all the same." - Paul Simon
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On
Behalf Of
>Harry Thames
>Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:43 PM
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID
>
>I caught this Sunday on the Escatawba river in south Mississippi. This
was
>1 of the 3 males that I caught, I caught approximately 16 or so along a
100
>ft sand bar. Most were 2.5" - 3". I have kept a few of these in
years
>past, I had thought that these fish were Longear sunfish but some
people
>have told me that they think it is a hybrid, specificly a longear -
>redbreast combo . I have caught hybrids before (green and red-ear
cross,
>ect.ect.) but I have never caught a whole bunch of them and never for
>several years, (although I do catch them in the exact same place)
>
>
>
>
>
>I will be setting up a 125 gal native tank-in-my place of business and
I
>will stock the tank with 4-5 of these and a large school of sail-fin
>shiners. I would like to have the fish properly Identified so I can
print
>up a booklet for children in the waiting room, a sudo-educational thing
>(better and cheaper than cable in the long run)
>
>
>
>thanks
>
>
>
>here is a link to where I have hosted the pict on the web
>
>
>
>http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c162/hmt321/sunnie.jpg
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>
>
>it is also on as an attachment
>
>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name
of
>image001.jpg]
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