John
----- Original Message -----
From: <HOOVERJ_at_wes.army.mil>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Poecilia sphenops in Texas
> Bob asked:
> >>> Does anyone know whether P. sphenops is found along the Texas
coast?<<<
>
> John replied:
> >>>I caught one down along the mouth of the Brazos near Freeport. At
least
> I
> thought it that species. It is not native, it is not on the state list (
> http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/bi/fish/county/Fishlist.cfm ) nor the NANFA list
> ( http://www.nanfa.org/NANFAregions/tx/Fishlist41.pdf )<<<
>
> Jan adds:
> "Livebearing Fishes" by John Dawes (1991) provides pretty good "natural"
and
> "non-natural" ranges for exotic poeciliids. No records are listed for
> Texas. But given the high number of exotic species - and the occurrence
of
> other live-bearers - it would not seem too surprising to find spenops in
> Lone Star waters.
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