Re: [acn-l] Seeking selected livebearer information

Dean A. Hendrickson (deanhend at mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:57:16 -0600

At 03/11/99 04:54 PM -0400, you wrote:
>>1) I'd like to know if anyone can tell me if either or both of the following
>>live bearing fish are on an endangered or near-endangered list:
>>
>> a) Ameca splendens (Butterfly Goodeid)

quoting from the Mexican endangered fishes list
(http://www.conabio.gob.mx/biodiversidad/pecesnom.htm) as published in the
Diario Oficial (= Federal Register of Mexico) - "Ameca splendens -
Mexcalpique mariposa - En peligro de extinción" (= in danger of extinction).

>> b) Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)

Probably the single most common fish in local faunas throughout much of its
range from Indiana, Illinois, New Jersey south through Florida and to Vera
Cruz, Mexico. Widely introduced elsewhere. Certainly not worthy of listing,
more worthy of extirpation, at least where introduced.

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