Re: NANFA-- Chasing F. bifax

james graham (busterg_at_voyager.net)
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 07:19:10 -0400

Joe Scanlon had some of these at the AKA convention and they were huge. He
had the pair separated in their own 10 gallon tanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Chasing F. bifax

> Other places to look for bifax would be Josie Leg Creek in Tallapoosa
> County, AL, or Sofkahatchee Creek in Elmore County. They prefer the slower
> eddies alongside riffles, according to Mettee et al. It's like looking for
> stellifer, you either find tons of them or none, I suspect.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >On Saturday (8/10/02), I slipped across the border into AL searching for
> >the hard-to-find stippled studfish (Fundulus bifax). This one is a
> >"tweener" that exhibits similarities to the Northern & Southern studfish,
> >but has an extremely limited range. Although they occur in GA as well,
they
> >are listed as rare over here. I wanted at least a good photo for my
> >records. They proved to be far more elusive than I imagined (I'm not used
> >to getting skunked!), but the chase was fun.

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