Thought I would contribute on this subject as well. A long with Chris, I
also live in MD, where the snakeheads were caught. I work for the Aquarium
Center, a large fish store, here in Randallstown and in the past 3 days we
have had three different news crews here in the store filming the Cobra and
Diamond Snakeheads that we currently have in stock and for sale. A guy from
CBS news came today and said that the story will be on Tuesday night's "CBS
Evening News", including most of the footage gathered here at the store
today.
So everyone keeps your eyes open tomorrow on the CBS evening news.
Henry Deford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Davis" <unclescott_at_prodigy.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Snakeheads & Bowfins
> > How could a tropical fish have a population that far north?
>
> Chris Scharpf mentioned that it was from China - which like the US is a
big
> place, with an awful lot of habitats and climates. A number of years ago,
> FAMA ran a series on the fishes of the Amur River - which is a coastal
river
> dividing northern China and Russia. (For a time in the 70s it gave each
> country's armies something to glare across.)
>
> That series (allowing for senior moments and the passing of time)
mentioned
> Channa species. At least one installment specifically noted that a lot of
> the Asian tropical species had close relations in the Amur. Loaches were
> prominent. I want to say that there are even anabantids surprisingly far
> north.
>
> Ask any American Vetern who served in Korea about winters.
>
> Ed Venn has also mentioned some related species living in Honshu.
>
> That does increase the number of North American habitats which potentially
> could be colonized by Chinese expatriots.
>
> All the best!
>
> Scott
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