Re: NANFA-- Madtom IDs

Wally Billingham (wally_at_wallybillingham.com)
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:38:52 -0400

Hi John,
It is my understanding that the adipose fin will be joined to the caudal fin
in Madtoms. At least in all the ones around here (which are few and far
between).

Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: John Bongiovanni <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Madtom IDs

> Is there a rule of thumb for the easy ID of an madtom vs a juvenile
> catfish? We caught several juvenile black bullheads this weekend but
> were not quite sure until the black barbels were noticed. We are
> supposedly supposed to have freckled, brown and tadpole madtoms in our
> area.

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