NANFA-- Re: Stoneroller fry found - key for fry/larvae

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Mon, 21 May 2001 20:40:01 -0500

This is an interesting track - my cousin, a marine biologist for the state
of Louisiana, mentioned to me once that there was no key for identifying
fish fry/larvae - he wanted one because he was doing plankton analysis. I
replied that it was probably IMPOSSIBLE. Doctoral project, anyone?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Stoneroller fry found

> How did you ID those tiny fry, Bruce?
>
> At 04:53 PM 5/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >I couldn't resist telling the list that I found the first Stoneroller fry
> >in the creek on campus this afternoon. I scooped out about 10 as my first
> >sample. They're all about 5 mm long, and slip through the mesh of a
> >standard store-bought aquarium net. I still haven't been able to find a
> >spawning mound, though... This seems to imply that the local breeding
> >season for them starts around May 1 which was my guesstimate.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
>
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