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Re: Rainbow Dace?

To: nanf at actwin_com, swgates at worldnet_att.net, nanfa at aquaria_net, Bill.White at 110_sunshine.com
Subject: Re: Rainbow Dace?
From: robertrice at juno_com (robert a rice)
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 00:27:04 +0000
References: <19970709044810.AAA5705@default>


On Tue, 8 Jul 1997 23:39:58 -0500 "Steve Gates"
<swgates at worldnet_att.net> writes:
>My local PetSmart has had a tankfull of hardy, relatively plain 
>minnows for
>more than a month.  They are offered for sale as "Rainbow Dace."  I'm 
>not
>familiar with the species.  Does it really exist or is this just 
>another
>case of creative nomenclature?  

Probably Petersons Feild guide does not list the "rainbow Dace" as a
species.........

>
>>From the shape of the fish, I could believe that it's a dace.  But 
>its
>almost complete lack of color makes describing it difficult.  There is 
>a
>hint of a bluish band similar to the band on a Southern Redbelly.  
>Other
>than that, its color can only be described as slightly silverish.


Could it be the dreaded Fathead Minnow ?

>Please advise if you're familiar with this fish.  If it really is a 
>dace,
>I'd like to see what cooler, faster water could do to its coloration.
>
>Thanks.
>

References:

Rainbow Dace?

From: "Steve Gates" <swgates at worldnet_att.net>

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