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Re: spotted bullheads
I'm not sure the deeply-forked tail description for the spotted
bullhead is accurate. Bullheads generally have unforked or
shallowly-forked tails. That's a key way to tell them from some
other cats, like blue cats and channel cats. There's a photo of the
spotted bullhead at http://www.nanfa.org/magazine/breedin1.htm
And another fish store name I've seen for red shiners is emerald
dace, and at a bargain price of only 8.99 each!
Jay DeLong
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moontanman at aol_com <Moontanman at aol_com>
>
> >The fish in question have rounded tails top and bottom, flat across the
> end,
> >they are nice looking fish, very aggressive. I was told they wouldn't get
> >more than 3" long, they were about 2" long when I bought them.
>
> Then, according to the one reference I do have available, they ain't spotted
> bullheads, which should have a deeply forked tail. Is their adipose fin (on
> the back behind the dorsal fin) distinctly separate from their tail fin or
> fused (or nearly fused) to it? Most bullheads get much bigger than 3". Are
> you familiar with madtoms?
>
> Another possibility: coming from an aquarium store they may not be bullheads
> at all. There are more families of catfish than you can shake a stick at,
> especially in South America. I don't want to insult your local store owner
> (who may be quite competent), but as you probably know the names they stick
> on animals are sometimes pretty funny. Among my favorites were the red
> shiners being sold as Asiatic fire barbs.
>
> Any chance of photographing the beasties?
>
> Later.
>
> Ed Matheson
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