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NFC: From Bill Duzen UPDATE
Update on the
Breeders Club
The Breeders Club is finally up and running, and I think, will be a
valued asset to the NFC.
We currently have 6 breeders currently working with the Breeders club. As
you know this club was formed, not only to increase knowledge of native
fish through the documentation of the fish being bred and that
information passed on, not only to the members of the NFC, but also to
the scientific community, but also to make available for sale captive
bred native fish to the open market.
These fish are currently being successfully bred and raised:
Pteronotropis hypselopterus Sailfin Shiner
Fundulus cingulatus Pink Lemonade Killie
Fundulus chrystous Melanistic form
Jordanella floridae Florida flag fish
Elassoma evergladei Everglades pigmy sunfish
Elassoma zonatum Banded Pigmy Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus Green sunfish
Lepomis gibbosus Pumpkinseed sunfish
Etheostoma caeruleum Rainbow darter
Culaea inconstans Brook stickleback
Heterandria formosa Pigmy Livebearer, Least
killifish ( orange spot dorsal)
Pimephales promelas Fathead minnow
These fish are currently being worked with but have not yet been induced
to spawn:
Noturus exilis Slender Madtom
Etheostoma spectabile Orangethroat darter
Etheostoma flabellare Fantail darter
Etheostoma nigrum Johnny darter
Pteronotropis hubbsi Bluehead shiner
Fundulus escambiae Eastern Starhead Killie
Fundulus notti Southern Starhead
Killie
These are fish that the club would like to work with but do not yet have:
Elassoma okefenokee Okefenokee Pigmy sunfish
Elassoma boehlkei Carolina Pigmy sunfish
Elassoma okatie Bluebarred Pigmy sunfish
Fundulus lineolatus Lined Topminnow
Fundulus olivaceus Black spotted topminnow
Fundulus pulvereus Bayou killifish
Fundulus luciae Spotfin killifish
Fundulus notatus Blackstripe topminnow
Cyprinodon pecosensis Pecos river pupfish
Cyprinodon eximius Conchos pupfish
Cyprinodon tularosa White sands pupfish
Cyprinodon variegatus eustis Sheephead minnow (freshwater)
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Red River Pupfish
Gambusia senilis Blotched Gambusia
Gambusia geiseri Largespring Gambusia
Hysterocarpus traski Tule Perch
Ameiurus serracanthus Spotted Bullhead
Lepomis marginatus Dollar sunfish
Lepomis symmetricus Bantam sunfish
Enneacanthus chaetodon Blackbanded Sunfish
In my tanks I have found a oligomelantic variety of Heterandria
formosa. It looks like it will be a female. I will try to line breed
to establish this trait. The Fundulus chrystous, in another breeders
tank, is heavily black spotted and is in the process of being line bred,
again to establish the trait. The F. escambaie is also a melanistic
form. There are several Goodeids that are in the Breeders Club tanks
that should be coming out for the general sales soon.
We are always looking for either people and collectors to donate fish or
for qualified breeders to breed the fish we now have. If you feel you
are either of these please contact me or Robert Rice.
Robert Rice
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