Re: NANFA-- Old Book

Joshua L Wiegert (jlw_at_dune.net)
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:46:10 -0700 (MST)

Hi Lance

Keep in mind that common names, just like scientific ones, change over
time.
Also, as evidence accumulates, two fish which we think are different
species may actually turn out to be one. Sadly, the definition of a
species is based on a lot of opinion, and different people draw the line
at different places.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Lance Merry wrote:

> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:05:03 -0800 (PST)
> From: Lance Merry <natureman187_at_yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- Old Book
>
> A couple months ago my mom dragged me antique shopping with her and I
> ran across this old book. I think the publish date was 1926, or 36, I
> can't remember but it was Fishes of the Midwest. it had all these funny
> names, "Grass Pickeral Pike", "Yellow Perch Pike", "Large-mouthed Black
> Bass" and so on. It refrenced the Blue Walleye or "Blue Perch Pike" as
> it said. But what I thought was interesting was that it had almost all
> of the current sunfish we have now but there was these two called
> "Scarlet Sunfish" and "McKay's Sunfish". Are these real sunfish that are
> extinct now or are they missidentified ones?
>
> Lance Merry
>
> Decatur, IL
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