Re: NANFA-- American Aquarium Fishes

james graham (busterg_at_voyager.net)
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:22:53 -0500

Us non-professional ichthyologists, guys who just like fish, don't let
taxonomic errors and mistakes put us off.I still like it better than any of
the other native books I have.Heck I've got half a dozen unidentified
shiners in my tanks and I haven't lost any sleep over them yet.
Jim Graham
Hastings, MI

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Subject: Re: NANFA-- American Aquarium Fishes

> In a message dated 11/29/01 7:31:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> harryknaub_at_netrax.net writes:
>
> << Thanks Ray and Jim, for your help.
> Harry Knaub >>
>
> Man, I hate to be a wet blanket, and perhaps it's unfair because I haven't
> even seen the book.......But
>
> All of the professional ichthyologists I know say it's a nightmare! Full
of
> mistakes, grossly inaccurate in places. Mel Warren of the American
Fisheries
> Soc. did an extensive review. Sorry, I can't remember the issue, but it's
> recent.
>
> J.R.
>
>
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