You might be interested to talk to Richard Broughton <rbroughton-in-ou.edu>
as he has done a bit of work on red shiners and has looked-in-some
introduced western populations, plus I provided him with a number of
additional western populations (and it would be easy to get more). Bit
different to what you are doing, but might be useful. Can't help you on
the breeding side of things I'm afraid, but they are pretty easy to breed.
Sounds like a neat study though.
Cheers
Peter
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 Blum.Mike-in-epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for information about commercial or recreational culturing
> of red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) in support of a study on the
> genetics of introduced populations in the southeastern United States.
> Red shiners are often used as baitfish and occasionally sold in pet
> stores (under various names...)- as such, cultures supporting commercial
> outfits are possibly selecting for tolerant individuals or genetic
> strains that are subsequently released into non-native systems. To
> examine this hypothesis, I would like to compare the genetic variation
> of captive bred red shiners to both native and introduced populations.
>
> Should anyone know of outfits or individuals that are currently raising
> red shiners for baitfish or commercial sale, please do send along any
> relevant information so that I can possibly obtain specimens or tissue
> samples for genetic analysis.
>
> thanks kindly,
>
> mike
>
>
>
> Michael J. Blum, Ph.D.
> Molecular Ecology Research Branch
> US EPA
> 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
> Cincinnati, OH 45268
> (513) 569-7043 (phone)
> (513) 569-7115 (fax)
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