Re: NANFA-- Casper's f/w flounders

Doug Dame (dameda_at_shands.ufl.edu)
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:15:09 -0400

the SnorkelMeister wrote:

>> i did see the little flounders you mentioned in the
>> suwanee just downstream of madison blue spring.
>> neat little fish. is it a freshwater fella or a mystery
>> like the pipefish?

No mystery AFAIK, they're micro-piglet-chokers, aspiring to grow up to be
regular hogchokers (Trinectes maculatus). Most of the ones I see while
dipnetting around are just an inch or two long, but I understand they get up
to about 8".

d.d.
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