Muchos Gracias, senor. Mark
At 11:24 AM 7/11/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Yes, up into New York and spotted areas down the east coast. Very wide >range. >It may have been a warmouth, but the map doesn't show the NE area as part of >their range, more of a Mississippi valley kind of range. > >DonO > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Mark Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:37 AM >Subject: Re: [VFB] FrankenGill- something is 'fishy' here... > > > > Don, > > > > Thanks! Neat to be able to identify fishies like that. Did the > > distribution map show them as being native to Maryland in the sweep from > > the Great Lakes to the Gulf? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > > At 09:16 AM 7/11/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > >Looking in a book with bass, bluegill, and sunfish photos and > > >descriptions... > > > > > >Under the bass section, a rock bass would fit the description, if it had >red > > >eyes. If not, maybe a juvie warmouth bass. Under the sunfish catagory, >of > > >which family the bluegill is (Lepomis), seven varieties are shown, >including > > >the 'gill'. Body shape ranges from the hand-shaped bluegill to > > >half-gill/half-bass body. All fins are similar and have 10 spines on the > > >dorsal fin, both bass and sunfish, and have the 'ear'. The most 'bassy' > > >looking mouth areas belong to the green sunfish, the redbreast sunfish, >and > > >the spotted sunfish. The green sunfish has a lot of color and a mouth >that > > >extends to below the middle of the eye, and a pronounced gill flap spot. >So > > >this is probably the 'Frankenfish'. Distribution is from the Great Lakes >to > > >the Gulf of Mexico, the entire Miss valley & Midwest. One alternate name > > >(local name) is the 'sand bass'. Also, the spotted sunfish is similar, >but > > >lacks the flashy coloration. > > > > > >DonO > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: Mark Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:45 AM > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] FrankenGill > > > > > > > > > > Jamieson, > > > > > > > > Not sure. Never seen this kind of fish here before. Wasn't >any > > > > green on the fish, though, not sure if that makes a difference. Body >had > > > > the same coloration typical of a regular blue gill. Also, the fins >didn't > > > > look much like gill fins, more like bass fins. > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:29 AM 7/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > Mark, I'm not sure but green sunfish look like a bluegill with a >big > > > > > mouth. So that could be? > > > > > > > > > > Jamieson > > > > > >
