Re: NANFA-- Pygmy Madtom Release

Noturus_at_aol.com
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:36:35 EDT

In a message dated 4/26/01 7:04:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Moontanman_at_aol.com writes:

<< I know it completely politically incorrect but "I want a pair or two!" Is
there any chance hobbyists will be able to breed any of these rare fish at
some future date?

Moon
>>

Probably not much chance on this one. There have been fewer than 50 ever
collected! Only a couple in the past 15 years. You might consider the least
madtom, Noturus hildebrandi. They're very closely related and a bit more
widespread. I suspect breeding them would be similar to what we did with the
pygmies.

J.R.

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