Re: NANFA-- marbled gambusia

Moontanman_at_aol.com
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:39:42 EST

In a message dated 12/19/02 10:02:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, Prizma_at_aol.com
writes:

> i wonder why as we have plenty of the
> plain ones in back waters. has anyone ever seen a marbled female gambusia?
> casper
I have an idea that environmental stress produces the marbled gambusia. There
is a very polluted small stream near my house that has the black marbled
gambusia by the hundreds. I have managed to catch one marbled female but she
never produced young.

Moon
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