David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Bock <bockhouse1-in-verizon.net>
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:11 pm
Subject: Re: RE: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID
> Wow, that's a nice longear, if that's what it is. The longears we
> have in the Potomac River have a gold color in the underside I've
> never seen one that has a reddish underside, like in the photo.
>
> In the Potomac River, the longear sunfish has been introduced, and
> the redbreast is native. I've never seen anything that I thought
> could be a hybrid of the two.
>
>
> >From: Irate Mormon <archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net>
> >Date: Wed May 24 21:37:26 CDT 2006
> >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID
>
> >Harry, it is decidedly a longear. Regular variety. I have never
> seen a
> >redbreast in Mississippi, and Ross states that they are known in the
> >state only from a single collection in 1972, so it is unlikely
> that one
> >would find such a hybrid.
> >
> >-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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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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