The Olympic Mudminnow is found naturally to an elevation of 135 meters. One
population has been found at an elevation of 240 meters but these fish were
found in a location outside the fishes native range and are believed to be
the result of a human attempt to extend the fishes range.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "BG Granier" <shinerscoop_at_bellsouth.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Farthest and highest
> Ray,
>
> You brought to mind another question, what is the highest elevation that
the
> Olympia mudminnow (hubbsi <?) are found?
>
> BG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:00 AM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Farthest and highest
>
>
> > I always wondered why mudminnows don't range further north. You can find
> > them here, and sometimes sticklebacks ( brook) in the middle of the
woods
> in
> > shallow ponds that almost certainly freeze solid. Of course ground
> currents
> > and springs are common in these areas. Regardless, they can hack the
cold
> > sure enough.
> >
> > On the other hand, I wonder why central mudminnows don't do well further
> > south. They seem to handle heat just fine, and trout have been stocked
> much
> > further south. Muds seem to disperse in spring floods, and I would have
to
> > think over the years they would have made their way around from the
> > Mississippi River up some tributaries further south.
> >
> > Probably just expecting too much of this fantastic little fish.
> > Incidentally, I like to call them pygmy pike. I found a common name for
> them
> > in the old Shedd aquarium book I just got from an older friend, yes the
> book
> > with the albino bowfin in it. It called mudminnows mud-trout. It really
> > touted these little guys. Kind of neat reading that old literature and
how
> > views of certain fish have changed.
> >
> > Ray W.
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