Re: NANFA-- c-c-c-cold ch-ch-ch-char

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos_at_comcast.net)
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:26:17 -0400

> A ha! A technacality - the stickleback is the northern most strickly
> freshwater fish .

Um, no. Pungitius are euryhaline. Marine forms practice anadromy. Which,
when you think about it, makes sense in far northern climes, since ocean
water is more productive in terms of food.

Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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