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NFC: Last named game fish in the new World
I just recently included this in a post I made to my FF maillist,
thought it might be of interest, and apologize if its already been
mentioned... I am way behind on my reading.. :^)
have a nice day
Stephen
Heres a little tidbit i saw just this morning, in a Popular
Mechanics magazine, no less.... ( so I would want to verify this within
the scientific community, too)
******* Last Bass gets name
Biologists have finally agreed to give the shoal bass, found in
Florida, Georgia, and Alabama a proper scientific name...
For decades they have believed it was a regional variation of the
spotted bass. Earlier this year, scientists from the University of
Florida and the U.S. Geological Survey Laboratory determined it to be a
distinct species.
Micropterus cataractae, as it will be known, will now qualify for
conservation programs. and it will get a place in the history books
because researchers say it is likely to be the last game fish named in
North America. Most were classified in the 1700s and 1800s. *****
Stephen Di Cerbo
mykiss at albany_net
http://www.albany.net/~mykiss/stormtree.htm
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