Re: NANFA-- Fundulus confluentus

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos_at_charm.net)
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:46:11 -0400

> Has anyone on the list ever encountered F. conflluentus (the Marsh
> Killifish) in the Chesapeake Bay region? My Peterson Field Guide to
> Atlantic Coast Fishes says they're found from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida,
> but I've never encountered them on collecting trips to either the Annapolis
> area, Point Lookout, or Ocean City.

Bob,

According to "Fishes of Chesapeake Bay" by Murdy et al., "Recent attempts to
find this species in Chesapeake Bay have been unsuccessful. The only
well-documented population, in Lynnhaven Bay [Va.], may have been
extirpated."

Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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