And thanks for pointing out that web site.
Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA, USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean A. Hendrickson deanhend at mail.utexas.edu
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 9:57 PM
> To: acn-l at acn.ca
> Subject: Re: [acn-l] Seeking selected livebearer information
>
>
> 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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