Gary Rollage
Arlington, Texas
"Yea, whatever..."
>From: "Nicholas J. Zarlinga" <njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: "'nanfa_at_aquaria.net'" <nanfa at aquaria.net>
>Subject: NANFA-- RE:NANFA Mystery fish... River Reef
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:28:19 -0400
>
>It would seem to me that your mystery fish might be a black crappie. When
>young, they can be a darker black color and are very thin, as you
>described. They also have a pointy, up turned mouth which in dim light and
>at a partial glimse, I could see being mistaken as an angelfish. They can
>also be quite reclusive.
>
>Nick Zarlinga
>Aquarium Biologist
>Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
>216-661-6500 ex 4485
>
>"Fish worship... is it wrong??" (Ray Troll)
>
>On Monday, June 25, 2001 9:32 PM, nanfa
>[SMTP:owner-nanfa-digest_at_aquaria.net] wrote:
> >
> >
> > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:23:19 -0500
> > From: kahley <kahley7_at_ptd.net>
> > Subject: NANFA-- Mystery fish... River Reef
> >
> >
> >
> > ....As to the black mystery fish...
> > I did find an Audubon Society fish book which is quite good for me
>because
> > it features photos
> > rather than just the illustrations. As fine as the illustrations are,
>to
> > my untutored eye, they
> > aren't as helpful as pictures. I have never seen a side shot of my
>black
> > fish as it is sooo shy.
> > If I sneak up on it from down stream, I can catch it outside it's
> > home. It's home is one of the
> > "caves" I have arranged in the smaller reef. It prefers an actually
>cave
> > to the overhangs or
> > gullies that will do for others.
> >
> > From the rear, I can tell that it's a thin fish, but not much more. As
> > soon as I get close, or
> > attempt to move to get a side view, it darts back inside. Peering in
> > through the opening
> > gives only a glimpse of shadow. This year, I had a brainstorm. I
>included
> > a skylight in
> > the caves, which allows backlight to illuminate the fish. The last day
>I
> > was there, I did
> > catch a look, before it retired further into the shadows. I only saw
>the
> > front half of the
> > fish dimly and the half I saw looked a lot like a black angel fish. Of
> > course, I know it
> > isn't...but the shape of the front end is the same. In looking at the
> > pictures, I'm
> > leaning to it being a bluegill, but if that is correct, then the fish I
> > "thought" were blue
> > gills are something else.............
> >
>
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