Re: NANFA-- fish id

Irate Mormon (archimed_at_netdoor.com)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 21:48:47 -0600

I have kept P. palmas, senegalus, and delhezi, and ornatipinnis. I don't know much about the subspecies, but is it possible you have
palmas?

On 6 Mar 2003 at 14:15, Michael Canady wrote:

> Hey everyone
> On the topic of fish identification:
> I have two "polypterus senegalus", or at least i was told they
> were
> both the same species.
> However, one has grown much faster, and has a rounded tail fin, where
> all polypterus senegalus I have seen have a pointed tail fin. The
> senegalus knock off also has a lot of darker spots on the top of it.
> think it could be a "polypterus senegalus meridionalis".. Am i
> right?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:54 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- fish id
>
> In a message dated 3/5/03 8:41:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com writes:
>
> > A while ago there was a discussion on the "fw flounder" that is
> > commonly
> > sold in pet stores. It seemed that they were a type of flatfish
> > found in the southern coastal states. What are these fish and are
> > they indeed flounders? How big do they get? Are they relatively
> > easy to keep? I suspect that they are truly brackish water?
> > Thanks. Nick Zarlinga
> I have four or five of them I raised from larvae with their eyes still
> on different sides of their heads and they have never seen salty
> water. They seem to do equally well in fresh or salt water but they
> only breed in salt water. BTW they are "soles" not flounder ;-) Mine
> are about 5 or 6 inches long and 5 years old.
>
> Moon
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Prost,

Martin
Jackson, MS

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