At least two of the carolina fishes on Patrick's list, The Carolina
Pygmy Sunfish & the Cape Fear Shiner, are endangered and fully
protected, and the others might be as well for all I know.
Some 30 years ago I used to live in Dunn, NC and I collected Cape Fears
all the time, not knowing what they were or what an endangered species
was. As I recall, they weren't "all that," being a somewhat unattractive
assemblage of pale yellow, olive green, and black. I do remember that
their tummies were very thin-skinned and you could see their black guts,
and I think their mouths were black, too, but I'm sure about that part.
Anyway, after that they were just typical fish, and they ate the same
stuff I fed to the others.
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