RE: NANFA-- Florida Goldspot Pupfish

Dustin Smith (dsmith73_at_hotmail.com)
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:07:28 -0500

We collected F. carpio on the flats under the Skyway bridge in Tampa last
year. We caught a good many along with Adinia xenica, Lucania parva,
Cyprinodon variegatus. I kept some and they colored up fairly nicely. They
have some blue markings on the face and get some nice goldspots on the
males. Their body form is very similar to the variegatus. I had expected a
much prettier fish, but we did collect them in pretty cold water in January.

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From: Mysteryman <bestfish_at_alaweb.com>
Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: NANFA-- Florida Goldspot Pupfish
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:01:32 -0800

Does anyone here live near Turkey Point Reactor in Dade County Florida,
or otherwise have access to Floridichthys carpio? Has anyone here ever
seen one? It sounds rather attractive in some descriptions, but not so
much in others.
This fish is something like Florida's answer to the Devil's Hole
Pupfish; it likes hot water which is very hard and salty. Very salty. So
salty that it'll only barely survive in a typical marine tank. It lives
in the hot cooling resevoir of Turkey Point Nuclear Reactor and a few
nearby spots.
It's decription is one of oodles of yellow, red, and orange polka dots
on a silvery green background. The black and white photo I found shows a
snakeskin pattern like a guppy's.
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