Re: NANFA-- "Ugliest fish in North America"

SHasloue_at_kdhe.state.ks.us
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:37:47 -0600

Form the internet... I think I may have found the party responsible for the
appellation:

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
134 UNION BOULEVARD
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228
Vol I, No. 4.

4. The Pallid Sturgeon, a Missouri River "Dinosaur"
Deserved or not, the pallid sturgeon might best be known as one of the
ugliest fish in North America.

Read the whole story at:
http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/feature/sturgeon.html

Cheers:

Steve Haslouer
Environmental Scientist III
Bureau of Environmental Field Services
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 430
Topeka, KS 66612-1367

Bus: (785) 296 - 0079
Fax: (785) 291 - 3266

email: shasloue_at_kdhe.state.ks.us
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