Re: NANFA-- mooneye or gizzard shad?

Mark B (mbinkley_at_earthling.net)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:17:00 -0500

At 10:46 AM -0800 1/12/00, Jay DeLong wrote:
>Is this a mooneye? Ths photo could be better, sorry.
>
>http://home.att.net/~thirdwind/Wabash/mooneye.jpg

I'd say not a shad, due to the largeness of the scales. Looks like a
Hiodon to me, though I've never seen a live one. Would like to try one of
these native arowana relatives sometime.

Mark Binkley
Columbus Ohio USA <))><
mbinkley_at_earthling.net

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