Re: NANFA-- Erymyzon
Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:16:44 EDT
There are examples in coral reef system of symbiotic relationships of a
fish
species and a shrimp or lobster species sharing a burrow and working
together in hunting food. (Can't remember species names off the top of my
head.) Finding it in a temperate freshwater system would be a first, to my
knowledge. And chubsuckers are tough fish, anyway.
--Bruce Stallsmith
"ain't no coral reefs in Huntsville, AL"
> > I had never thought about crawdad holes for refuge before.
Wonder if
> > it could happen?
>
>That was Jan Hoover's idea. I don't know how long a fish
could
>survive in one before dying of anoxia or being eaten by the
>crawdad, but it's an interesting hypothesis.
>
>
>Prost,
>
>Martin
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