Re: NANFA-L-- Help with fish ID, please

Peter Unmack (peter.lists at)
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:15:28 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, lstaunt wrote:

> I'm having trouble identifying a fish I came across this weekend and am
> hoping someone here can help me.

Looks like a hog sucker to me. Hypentelium nigricans or Hypentelium
roanokense, but neither appears to be native to the area that you found
them in. But they are native in SW Virginia.

Cheers
Peter Unmack
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