That reminds me...do you guys think that welaka & hubbsi should be in
the same genus or subgenus as the rest? I thought they came up with the
"Ptero" to keep them separate, but now they're all lumped together
again. It seems obvious to me that their finnage should set them apart,
but then I'm a diehard "splitter." Oh, sure, they're pretty similar in
lots of ways, but their different in about as many. Ah, well. I think I
heard a rumor that the group was being reworked again?
At any rate, good luck, Jeff! If you have a tubful of Coastals, you must
be doing something right! If you'd like to try Ironcolors, they should
likely be very similar, and they're in peak spawning season now. I found
a big school of them the other day, and they were glorious; I'd never
seen them in full color before, so it was worth clambering over all that
talus rock to get to them. They sure are a lot smarter & faster than
Flagfins! Flagfins just sit there and let you catch them, but not these
guys.
>
> Nice to see that others are doing interesting stuff this spring.
> I have also been following the Mysteryman's thread about the Flagfin
> Shiners and am looking forward to similar success with the closely
> related Sailfin Shiner. I recieved a batch of these last fall but I
> don't think any of them survived the winter. They may have been older
> spawned out fish.
>
> On the other hand the Coastal Shiners which were origionally thought to
> be Taillight Shiners spawned very prolifically in the greenhouse pond
> last summer.
>
> Now if I can get Sailfins or Taillights to do that- I'd have it made!
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