Re: NANFA-- Maryland darter

james graham (busterg_at_voyager.net)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:35:30 -0500

I thought that they were considered extinct after some sort of spill in the
creek or river where they were.

Jim Graham
Hastings MI
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From: "Rose Lawn Museum" <roselawn_at_mindspring.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Maryland darter

> I found a site that talks about the Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare).
> What's unusual is that they called it the "world's rarest fish." Doesn't
> that seem like an odd claim? I don't doubt that it's rare, but how can
they
> say that it is the rarest? Check it out at
> http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/mddarter.html Any of you MD folks
ever
> observed this fish?
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> Kennesaw, GA

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