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Re: Shiner being called 'Rainbow Dace'



B;ackbandeds a cool fish . How much were they. The other is a red Shiner
wich you can get here from several NFC members for just the cost of
shipping........:)


Robert Rice

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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:20:31 -0500 (CDT) Sajjad Lateef <sajjad at uic_edu>
writes:
>Hi all,
>	I went to the fish store today to see if they had any native 
>fish. 
>The had two species - the black-banded sunfish (babies - about 3/4" 
>and
>beautiful) and something they called a 'Rainbow Dace'. It looked to me
>like it was a Shiner (looked so much like the fish pictured in 
>baensch-1).
>They were about 3 inches long, deep pink (almost red) fins and a
>bluish/grayish body. Whatever it was ... it sure was pretty. 
>
>	Question is: Is there anything called a Rainbow Dace and if 
>so,
>does it look like a Shiner? (I ordered the Peterson's Guide from 
>Amazon
>and I should get it later this week or next week)
>
>Sajjad
>--
>Sajjad Lateef
	ICQ#13114451	http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~slateef/
>sajjad at acm_org			30th Anniversary ACM @ UIC 
>1967-1997
>
>

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