Re: Re: NANFA-- Record Blue and Miscellany

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:28:34 -0500

Looks more like one a buffalo species (Ictiobus) to me than a big ol'
sheephead. But then I'm just looking at a dusty photograph :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bongiovanni" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Re: NANFA-- Record Blue and Miscellany

> Sajjad,
>
> I believe that is an Old Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens). There
are a number of species of sunfish and both species of crappie in that tank.
I have pretty well given up trying to ID them due to extensive
hybridization. When I go sampling sometimes it seems like there are two
kinds of fish in this world; Sunfish and all the others.
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