Re: NANFA-- c-c-c-cold ch-ch-ch-char

Stan Perkins (stanperkins_at_academicplanet.com)
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:15:57 -0600

A ha! A technacality - the stickleback is the northern most strickly
freshwater fish .

Stan Perkins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_comcast.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:01 PM
Subject: NANFA-- c-c-c-cold ch-ch-ch-char

> > My copy of Peterson shows the maps of the char and sticleback to be the
> > same. But the text does say that the char is the northernmost. Map
error??
>
> Yeah, maybe. The range maps in *Freshwater Fishes of Canada* do not show
> Pungitius occurring on Ellesmere Island.
>
> > I wonder just how much of the freshwater on Ellesmere stays unfrozen
during
> > the winter? Could these fish migrate since they can be found in salt
water?
>
> Yes, Arctic char are anadromous. They usually don't range far inland
except
> in larger rivers.
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore

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