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Carr said that about catfish?
A BIODIVERSITY 'SCAVENGER HUNT' from Newsday In his 1941 guidebook, "Key to Fishes of Alachua County, Florida," noted conservation biologist Archie Carr wrote, "Any damned fool knows a catfish." If he were alive today, Carr might have been surprised to learn that there are now 2,855 species of the ubiquitous whiskered catfish known from around the world, representing one out of every four types of freshwater fish. But Larry Page, an ichthyologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, estimates that another 1,000 to 2,000 catfish species remain to be discovered, suggesting that we are much more foolish than Carr's 60-year- old declaration would seem to indicate. An ambitious project funded by the National Science Foundation is seeking to fill in the gaps by directing Page and three other teams of researchers to create comprehensive biological inventories of four eclectic taxonomic groups: catfish, plant bugs, slime molds and plants in the nightshade family. http://snurl.com/2x6p |
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Carr said that about catfish?
"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message
... A BIODIVERSITY 'SCAVENGER HUNT' from Newsday In his 1941 guidebook, "Key to Fishes of Alachua County, Florida," noted conservation biologist Archie Carr wrote, "Any damned fool knows a catfish." If he were alive today, Carr might have been surprised to learn that there are now 2,855 species of the ubiquitous whiskered catfish known from around the world, representing one out of every four types of freshwater fish. But Larry Page, an ichthyologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, estimates that another 1,000 to 2,000 catfish species remain to be discovered, suggesting that we are much more foolish than Carr's 60-year- old declaration would seem to indicate. Most non-scientists believe there are several different blue and flathead catfish in the USA. These notions are fueled by localized names for the critters, such as (for blues) humpback, government, highfin, etc. and (for flatheads) shovelhead, yellow cat, opeleusa, appaloosa, mudcat, etc. These same folks will ridicule you if you point out that all of those blues and flatheads are of their own respective species... don't confuse them with facts! On a more scientific note, does anyone know if they have settled on the Rio Grande blue cat as being a separate species or subspecies from the blue catfish? |
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Carr said that about catfish?
If he were alive today, Carr
Would be scratching and clawing, trying to get out of that coffin! Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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