Re: NANFA-- Flagfin-Bluehead hy....What!?

Mysteryman (bestfish_at_alaweb.com)
Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:42:34 -0800

PKUKULS_at_cs.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone know or know a reference for the evolutionary distance (years
> since the species diverged) between Pteronotropis hubbsi and Pteronotropis welaka?
>
Who says they ever did? They may have diverged from a common ancestor,
but I seriously doubt that either one is derived from the other.
Okay, I'm being a smart aleck, but who the heck could possibly know the
answer to a question like that? I'd like to know that one myself.
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