Subject: NANFA-L-- Notropis calabazas (for Bob Bock)
From: Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus-in-hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 22 2004 - 20:27:01 CST
Hey Bob, the newly described shiner Notropis calabazas from central Mexico
is named after the river, Rio Calabazas, in which it's found. Other than
that, the fish apparently has nothing to do with squash, according to word
on the street. . .
--Bruce Stallsmith
along the cooling Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
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