Re: NANFA-- catenatus pic

Al G Eaton (sege7_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:56:43 -0700 (PDT)

There is a picture in Fishes of Alabama, but its a
little lacking, some more photos of that fish are
definitely called for.

BTW do you want to collect on saturday or sunday
lol???

--- Roselawn Museum <roselawn_at_mindspring.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Prez. I'll definitely have to come up with
> more of them in adult
> size. I would be thrilled if it turned out to be F.
> bifax. I've never
> collected any of those. BTW, does anyone have a good
> pic of F. bifax so
> I'll have it handy for comparison?
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> Kennesaw, GA
> God Bless America
>
> >Steven, my doubt was that the one fish we were
> debating is not full-grown
> >and likely female, not a good fish for IDing
> between similar species. If you
> >get more individuals from Salacoa Creek we can look
> at them for real; for
> >instance, stellifer has heavier pharyngeal teeth
> (grinding teeth) than
> >catenatus, something that is not obvious to field
> examination. I think that
> >Gordon County is too far north to be F. bifax, the
> third species in this
> >complex, which is also characterized by a much more
> regular stippling part
> >than the other two. We shall see...
> >
> >--Bruce Stallsmith
> >Huntsville, AL, US of A
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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