Stan Perkins
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From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_comcast.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Farthest & Highest
> > What are the most northern Freshwater North American Fish?
>
> Arctic char, which occurs as far north as the short, craggy streams carved
> out of the unfrozen edge of southern Greenland.
>
> > What fish are found at the Highest elevations NA and World wide?
>
> Off the top of my head, I don't know for sure. Apache trout (Oncorhynchus
> apache) and Mexican golden trout (O. chrysogaster) historically occurred
up
> to 2,700 meters. Rainbwow trout (O. mykiss spp.) have occurred at 3,000 m
of
> the Sierra Madre Occidental. Speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) occur in
> the higher benches of the Grand Canyon, at around 3,000 m. I suspect
various
> trouts have been stocked into fishless lakes at even higher elevations.
This
> requires further investigation.
>
> Worldwide, it's a species of nemacheiline loach (Yunnanilus) that lives in
> Tibet, in hot springs at around 5,200 meters. (Lake Titicaca is only 3,812
> meters.)
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
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