Re: Native Killies

["Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus at hotmail_com>]

George, try the banded killifish, Fundulus diaphanus, for your pond. They're 
native to that area and can certainly weather a southern New England winter. 
You might also try swamp darters (Etheostoma fusiforme), pumpkinseed sunfish 
(Lepomis gibbosus) and longear sunfish (L. megalotis) as other interesting 
natives that will be happy to off mosquito larvae for you.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
NANFA annual meeting in Huntsville--June 6-8, 2003

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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:03:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: George Trumbull <george_trumbull at yale.edu>
Subject: Native Killies

Hi everyone.  I need to stock a small (1/4 acre) old ice pond
(stream-fed, but still develops ice in winter- i.e., not stagnant but not
fully flowing either) with something that will eat mosquito larvae.  The
pond is in northwestern CT, in the hills, so it gets cold (zone 5).  Any
killies native to the area that will do the job? If not, does one of the
NANFA people have a suggestion (feel free to email off list, so as not to
generate non-killie traffic).  I obviously have no plans of introducing
non-native fish.

Thanks much,
George

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