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US native fish at the Cleveland zoo

Started by Guest_EricaWieser_* , Dec 20 2010 06:16 PM

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#1 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 06:16 PM

Hi everyone,

I was at the Cleveland zoo on Sunday and we saw the most amazing fish. Is this a black crappie?

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Also, what is that fish in the background?

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#2 Guest_daveneely_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 06:53 PM

Is this a black crappie?

Also, what is that fish in the background?

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YES! Isn't that fun!

Looks to be an awful lot of anal fin rays on those other fish. And little tiny upturned mouths. Oooh, and lateral lines that do something weird...

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#3 Guest_wargreen_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 07:46 PM

Yep its a Black Crappie, Promoxis nigromaculatus who along with their white cousins are some of Americas prettiest fish Imho; from the looks of the fish in the background I would say they are the non-native Rudd , Scardinius erthrophthalmus (its hard to tell in that picture) due to the coloration of the fish and the fins (although that may be the lighting, if it was more silvery/golden I would say Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas because of the shape of the mouth).

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#4 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 09:24 PM

Hi everyone,

I was at the Cleveland zoo on Sunday and we saw the most amazing fish. Is this a black crappie?

Yes, Erica, we do have a NANFA member that is one of the aquarists at the zoo, and he has consistently tried to work in native fish in the one display that represents North America... I think it was a timber wolf display when I lived up there 10 years ago.

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#5 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 10:10 PM

Yes, Erica, we do have a NANFA member that is one of the aquarists at the zoo, and he has consistently tried to work in native fish in the one display that represents North America... I think it was a timber wolf display when I lived up there 10 years ago.

Oh, okay. Well, props to that person. I had no idea how pretty a crappie was until I saw those.