Forget about describing the biodiversity of Amazonia, we still don't really
know freshwater fish distributions in North America. For instance, I found
flame chubs in a creek east of Huntsville last month where they've never
been reported, but that's still in the Paint Rock River watershed. A new
survey to determine the current range of flame chubs would be a good idea,
but you could say the same about several dozen other species in the
Tennessee Valley area. So it's a work in progress.
--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu-in-wctc.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa-in-aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa-in-aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- NatureServe Watershed Fish Lists On Line
>Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:22:32 -0500
>
>This is pretty cool, but they need to come back and do some surveys in
>central Wisconsin. I found a few fish not listed. I found a number though
>in
>some water sheds listed as historical, and I can go there tomorrow and
>catch
>that fish.
>
>All in all, this was certainly a big undertaking, and the few things I
>mention are not in anyway putting this down . A few things I would like to
>see, fish listed in some water sheds I did not know existed there, where in
>these watersheds are they? So, it goes both ways.
>
>Ray
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