RE: NANFA-- FW: Poecilia latipinna

Denkhaus, Robert (Robert.Denkhaus_at_fortworthgov.org)
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:46:08 -0500

Thanks Jan!!

Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:36 AM
> To: 'nanfa_at_aquaria.net'
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- FW: Poecilia latipinna
>
>
> This is a coincidence !
> I am working up our San Antonio fish data right now.
>
> Sailfin mollies are native to the US but are "exotic" in the
> San Antonio
> drainage. They were accidentally introduced in 1939 from
> Florida stock when
> the ponds of a local fish breeder (Mr. E.E. Shiner) flooded
> into Alazan
> Creek, a tributary of the San Antonio (Coincidentally - it
> was Mr. Shiner's
> dad who introduced the Mexican or Rio Grande tetra to the San
> Antonio in
> 1908). Other stockings of sailfin mollies (deliberate) took
> place at about
> the same time in the Comal River using Louisiana fish.
>
> Mollies (P. latipinna and P. formosa) are now common in old bendways,
> tributary mouths, and throughout the river, especially in
> lower portions of
> Mission Reach. One easily accessible and collected area is
> the main channel
> at Lone Star Boulevard (near the abandoned brewery). Mollies
> are readily
> dip-netted along the margins of the stream or in the mouths of water
> diversion canals (look for palm trees). I assume you will
> need a fishing
> license since you would be collecting them using the same
> techniques as for
> "bait."
>
> Much of the adjacent land on the San Antonio is private property,
> city-owned, or National Park Service land. Be sure to get
> permission before
> collecting !
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denkhaus, Robert
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: NANFA (E-mail)
> Subject: NANFA-- FW: Poecilia latipinna
>
>
> Does anyone have any specific locations that I can send in
> response to the
> email below?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob Denkhaus
> Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
>
>
> > I was in San Antonio 2 years ago
> > and visited the zoo there. While admiring the birds I
> > noticed a school of fish in the surrounding moats that were
> > flashing brilliant blues and oranges. Upon questioning the
> > staff they informed me that they were a locally caught native
> > fish, Poecilia latipinna. I could not convince them to let
> > go of a couple pair and have not been able to find them
> > available on the internet on the NANFA pages. I am
> > travelling back to San Antonio in early October would like to
> > collect a couple pair while I am in the area. I need to know
> > if I will have to purchase a fishing license, what type of
> > gear I will need and where I can go to collect these fish and
> > if they are an endangered or threatened species. Can you
> > provide any information or additional contacts?
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