(I hope to harass Dan into coming - he's such a hoot!!)
Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bongiovanni
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:30 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- East tx 8-31-02 (not too long)
>
>
> Yup, I noticed it there. The names on the checklist are a
> pretty heavyweight list of fish dudes though. Curious to get
> their comments. BTW, You would of enjoyed mucking about with
> us last weekend. Ran into Dan Northcutt (a new NANFA member)
> in Tyler lst week. We really need to get the group together again.
> >
> > From: "Denkhaus, Robert" <DenkhaR_at_ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
> > Date: 2002/09/03 Tue PM 12:16:43 CDT
> > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > Subject: RE: NANFA-- East tx 8-31-02 (not too long)
> >
> > John,
> >
> > That's what you get for relying on a TPWD site <grin>. For
> what it's worth,
> > the photo of F. blairae at
> >
> http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/tnhc/fish/na/fundulid/fundulus/fblai
> rae/i_fblair.sh
> > tml says it was taken in the Neches River, Texas.
> >
> > Rob Denkhaus
> > Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Bongiovanni
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:11 PM
> > > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > > Subject: Re: NANFA-- East tx 8-31-02 (not too long)
> > >
> > >
> > > I checked the Texas state fish checklist(
> > > http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/research/chcklist.htm
> > > )and it is not on there. I have sent an e-mail to Gary
> > > Garrett of Texas Parks and Wildlife to see if he can comment
> > > on it exclusion, i.e. is it a simple ommission or its status
> > > as a species is not recognized. I guess it all boils down to
> > > whether you are a splitter or a grouper! Hope to hear soon.
> > >
> > > John
> > > >
> > > > From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
> > > > Date: 2002/09/03 Tue AM 10:36:27 CDT
> > > > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > > > Subject: Re: NANFA-- East tx 8-31-02 (not too long)
> > > >
> > > > >--- Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >was pulled taut. With the weighted end as the
> leading edge we
> > > > > > skimmed
> > > > > > >the net along the tops of the plants. Using this
> technique we
> > > > > > collected
> > > > > > >F. blairae, F. chrysotus, F. notatus and G. affinis.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's funny, what struck me was that I think you're the first
> > > > > > collecting
> > > > > > report on this list to mention F. blairae as a find.
> > > I'm impressed!
> > > > >
> > > > >What's special about this fish? New name, new sub-species, ??
> > > > >
> > > > >Sajjad
> > > >
> > > > Fundulus blairae, the southern starhead topminnow, is a
> > > member of the F.
> > > > notti species group that contains 4 or 5 species, depending
> > > on who you ask
> > > > (notti, blairae, escambiae, lineolatus and dispar).
> > > Researchers (Cashner et
> > > > al., 1992) have found no significant genetic differences
> > > between blairae and
> > > > dispar, so many ichthyologists would argue that the two
> > > species are really
> > > > just dispar.
> > > >
> > > > Aside from that, blairae, like dispar, is usually found in
> > > quiet backwaters
> > > > among vegetation over a soft muddy bottom. This makes it
> > > hard to easily
> > > > collect in most cases. The only dispar I've ever seen I
> > > collected via
> > > > electroshocking from a canoe with Dave Neely. The
> sediments in this
> > > > backwater of the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County,
> > > AL, were nearly
> > > > bottomless from what I could tell... We also collected some
> > > really honking
> > > > bowfins that day.
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