I have taken Pteronotropis signipinnis living together
with hypselopterus in the panhandle and Pteronotropis
euryzonas is there also. Depending on how revisions
of the genus go some other species may be resurrected
or described in the near future too.
I am just hoping to get back into collecting condition
soon, so I can catch my own fish again.
Klaus
--- Dustin Smith <dsmith73_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm fairly certain that there haven't been any
> welaka taken in FL for some
> time. They're probably not there any more. You
> would have to go over
> towards MS or LA for them. The only species in
> their genus in FL, as far as
> I know, is Pteronotropis hypselopterus, the sailfin
> shiner. This is also a
> very nice looking fish.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Ghazanfar Ghori - McLean
> <Ghazanfar.Ghori_at_Spacenet.com>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: "'nanfa_at_aquaria.net'" <nanfa at aquaria.net>
> Subject: NANFA-- Notropis welaka
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:47:36 -0400
>
> I'm planning a short trip down to Florida July 4th
> weekend
> and want to spend a day trying to find Notropis
> welaka.
> Things I've got going against me....
>
> 1) Never collected before
> 2) Trying to find a fish that others have had
> difficulty finding
> 3) Giving myself only one day for it
>
>
> So far, from what I've gathered online.
> Good spots include areas where a smaller stream
> meets
> a larger one in 2-4 ft of water.
>
> Use a seine - with the help of one more person. Dip
> nets
> are helpful. In July, the juvis can be found at
> shoreline
> vegetation. (Although I doubt I'll be able to ID
> them)
>
> Precautions, snakes, gators, bugs - so I'm going to
> be as
> careful as I can - will probably get waders, or at
> minimum,
> boots. Insect repellent? Is it safe for fish?
>
> Getting some Bag Buddies, have styros, bags. Do I
> need
> O2 if I'm not crowding? Use CLOUT?
>
> Notropis welaka I know how to ID - atleast the
> adults.
> Good ID book reccomendation for anything else I may
> encounter?
> Not that I'm going to bring them back - just
> interested in
> Notropis welaka but it'd be good for my notes if I
> knew what
> I caught (if anything) and where.
>
> So any information that may help me succeed
> would certainly be appreciated. Especially if you've
> collected this species.
>
> Thanks
>
> -
> Ghazanfar Khan Ghori
> Manager Web Services
> Spacenet Inc
> 703.848.1363
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