RE: NANFA-- longnose sucker ref

Nick Zarlinga (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:20:14 -0400

I haven't finished this thread yet but Schleser says in "North American
Native Fishes For the Home Aquarium" that the longnose dace has one of the
largest ranges of all our native fishes. Not sure if this helps or
complicates things.

Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485

><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net
><)> On Behalf
><)> Of Christopher Scharpf
><)> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:20 PM
><)> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
><)> Subject: Re: NANFA-- longnose sucker ref
><)>
><)>
><)> > I was thinking that any fish with the greatest
><)> natural NA distribution
><)> > would probably have cold water requirements.
><)>
><)> And all of the leading candidates do. Lota lota.
><)> Catostomus catostomus.
><)> Catostomus commersoni. Esox lucius. Rhinichthys
><)> cataractae. Couesius
><)> plumbeus.
><)>
><)> > Anyway, since you're all serious and scientific
><)> about it, here's a source for
><)> > the burbot's cold water requirements:
><)> >
><)> > 1970. Plant, R., Page, J., et al. Whole Lota
><)> Love ("You need coolin', baby I
><)> > ain't foolin' "), Led Zeppelin II, Swan Song
><)> Records, London.
><)>
><)> Ha! I think I just found the epigraph to my burbot chapter!
><)>
><)> Anyhow, here's what Tim Berra -- author of
><)> *Freshwater Fish Distribution* --
><)> has to say:
><)>
><)> "Both L. lota and C. catostomus certainly have
><)> extensive native
><)> distributions in NA. I would also consider C.
><)> commersoni as a candidate for
><)> most widespread. Likewise Aplodinotus grunniens
><)> has the largest latitudinal
><)> range of any North American freshwater fish from
><)> Hudson Bay to Guatemala.
><)>
><)> "What you could do is calculate the area of the
><)> distribution from same-scale
><)> maps such as those found in Becker's Fishes of
><)> Wisconsin. There is a map
><)> tool with a little wheel that runs around the
><)> distribution and you can read
><)> off the area or distance around, I think. Let me
><)> know if you calculate the
><)> largest distribution. I'm betting on C. commersoni."
><)>
><)>
><)> I don't have one of these maps tools, but
><)> eye-balling the maps says...
><)>
><)> Too close to call!
><)>
><)> Chris
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