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Re: collection locations (was: rachovii)


Dr. Brian Watters wrote: 

>>  I agree, although it should also be noted that 
>>  N. guentheri actually has a very restricted distribution 
>>  (on Zanzibar Island) and there would appear to be no 
>>  obvious differences between the fish of different 
>>  populations. In spite of that it is still not a good idea to 
>>  cross populations that have different collection locality 
>>  designations.


Which reminds me of a question that has occasionally fluttered around in my mind, namely do we (should we) apply the same rules to ubiquitous flavors of native american fish? 

For example, in my tanks right now I have: 

  - Fundulus chrysotus Lake_Ida
  - F. chrysotus Rodman_Reservoir
  - F. chrysotus Newnans_Lake
  - F. chrysotus Cowpen_Lake
  - F. chrysotus Watermelon_Pond
  - F. chrysotus Avon_Park_Site_1

.. all of which strikes me a tad, um, pretentious, seeing as how five of the six collection location are all within 50 miles (80 km) of another, and probably interconnected in some way at various times/seasons.

Visually, they don't seem to represent different "strains" as far as I can tell. 

Candidly, all these guys are intermingled in two tanks (and will be in just one as soon as the newest arrivals quarantine), and I have not bothered to keep track of precisely who's from where. 

Ditto more or less for my Jordanella. And the F. lineolatus. And the Floridichthys carpio. Etc. etc. etc.

But not the Lucania goodei, I know there's a number of different color variant populations of this cutie out there, so I keep those separate. 


What's the acceptable/normal standard I should be shooting for here ???

Doug Dame
Interlachen FL
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