its ok to talk about fish from hawaii a island isolated in a ocean.
Politically it is part of the United States in North America, yet it is not considered part of any continent.
we can talk about fish from all of the territories. i am thing because it's land touches our land right of wrong?
yet we can not discuss fishes of mexico, part of the north american continent.
so lets say i wanted to ask a ? about a fish.
the C inconstans i find here in my area of southern ohio.
this fish had 5 spines with no skin holding the fins together and then compare it to lets say
the nine spine stickleback, from greenland that is still part of north american cont, yet this land is under Denmarks law.
would i get flamed or flagged? i am just not sure were our boundaries are.
what are the nanfa boundries
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, Mar 15 2011 11:50 AM
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 12:11 PM
The cut-and-dried boundaries for NANFA are all of North America, from Alaska and Greenland in the arctic south to the Valley of Mexico (Mexico City). This can also include the islands to the southeast like Cuba or the Bahamas. Hawaii is an odd case, since it has few native freshwater species but a very diverse near-shore marine fish fauna that gets covered elsewhere. Personally I wouldn't be offended by anyone talking about Hawaiian species, but it's rarely come up.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 12:45 PM
Yes, what fundulus said. North America is not defined by political boundaries. Hawaii is an odd case though and not geographically associated with any continent. For what it is worth I have no objection to discussing Hawaiian native fish in spite of only being connected politically. It kind of makes me curious because I know so little about Hawaiian native fish.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 08:40 PM
I think in many written works, including our own Chrisa Scharpf's index of North American Fishes... the actual boundaries that are used are not political, but the Nearctic ecozone... look it up on wikipedia... Which is really what Bruce said... all of North America from the top down to the middle of Mexico... but not Central America... and really only some of the islands in the Carribean... which if I remember right is based on ancient zoogeography... but anyway, if you want to talk about a fish form Greenland, go ahead... if you want to collect in Greenland, then follow local law...
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