--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
(the students liked Mendel today!)
> >> what we currently recognize as N. lutipinnis is a
> >> paraphyletic complex of three diagnosable species. This is corroborated
>by
> >> nuptial coloration and pharyngeal dentition patterns- males from the
> >> Chattahoochee to Savannah drainages typically have red fins,
>Santee-Broad
> >> River fish have yellow fins, and Lynches Creek (Pee Dee) pops have
>white or
> >> yellowish fins.
>
>Is one of these species the undescribed Piedmont shiner, N. cf.
>chlorocephalus?
>
>Chris Scharpf
>Baltimore
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