Re: NANFA-L-- pimephales notatus

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:20:54 -0600

Peter, I think that Larry Page may have bred _P. notatus_ in his lab.
I do know that his lab first found the sneaker males in this species,
and I believe that he had both ordinary and sneaker males breeding in
the lab. Worth checking with him, or finding the publications.

Dave

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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Unmack <peter.lists at>
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:06 pm
Subject: NANFA-L-- pimephales notatus
> G'day folks
>
> A while back I asked a few questions on Pimephales. I now have
> fatheadsbreeding regularly in the lab. They actually are a pretty
> neat fish,
> males go jet black with two broad white bands around their bodies.
> Breeding is more like breeding a cichlid than a minnow. Easy to raise
> too, just start them on baby brine shrimp. If anyone has any good
> pictures of colored up males please let me know.
>
> I have a bunch of P. notatus setup as well in a large tank. Water
> temp is
> about 78, daylength is ~16 hours. I put in some tiles with small
> rocksunder them to provide potential spawning sites, but have seen
> no sign of
> any activity. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on
> breedingthem? I never actually found any solid literature on how
> folks have
> previously bred them.
>
> Thanks
> Peter Unmack
> Lake Texoma
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