Re: bulkheads etc

["Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus at hotmail_com>]

Nice fundulid collection, Chip! Your unidentified species would be luciae if 
it has a think dark line dorsally running from the head to the origin of the 
dorsal fin, and if the fish is absolutely dull in the light when you pull it 
out of water as opposed to the way most fish glisten in the light. Also, 
luciae are almost always found over and in shallow marsh muds where you 
couldn't imagine most fish would go...
The majalis have a long pointed head and generally appear much sleeker than 
heteroclitus although 'bout the same size.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
way above tidewater...

>Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:12:35 EDT
>From: Ipchay61 at aol_com
>Subject: Re: bulkheads etc
>
>I'm keeping Fundulus chrysotus (regular and melanistic), F. lineolatus,
>F.stellifer, Lucania goodei, L.parva, Leptolucania ommata in my freshwater
>tanks and F. heteroclitus, and an unidentified Fundulus species that we
>caught this past Sunday in the brackish tank that I'm starting.  The unID's
>are probably majalis but could be luciae or even confluentus.  We plan on
>going back out this weekend to look for Cyprinodon variegatus and maybe 
>some
>sailfin mollies.
>
>Chip


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