--- Prizma_at_aol.com wrote:
> as for the silversides...
> brook vs inland.
> i have been observing them quite a bit of late.
> catching them in sienes and
> dipnets at night ( fun!). both here in tn and in
> florida for the last 2
> weeks. your pic in my opinion is a inland. a brook
> has about a 50% longer
> snout. there is also a alignment or offset of dorsal
> and anal fins which will
> help you id. i used peterson's for this id info and
> had a dead brook on a
> plate w/ my reading glasses on. very difficult to
> id. the next day i dip
> netted some inlands in a brackish bayou next to the
> bay... no doubt. once you
> hold both it is much easier to id. the inlands had
> no color. the brooks of
> late have been very stunning... red noses, yellow
> and green bodies. ive got
> about a dozen living in my swimming pool now.
> beautiful fish.
> casper
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