The title is highly descriptive...do elassoma and leptolucania have any notably different habitat preferences in the wild? I could've sworn that I read on this forum that there was some sort of difference between where the two fish were found, but I would just like to be sure since finding that one reference in amidst the over 100 Leptolucania references in the forums would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
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Habitat differences between elassoma and leptolucania (pygmy killifish)?
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Guest_Joshaeus_*
, Jan 25 2014 08:42 PM
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Posted 25 January 2014 - 09:14 PM
Well I just went back and looked at my notes from March 2012 when we went "Back to the Swamp"... and we certainly were in some places that only had one or the other... but we also had a few places that had both. I don't remember it being habitat specific... I tend to think of them in the same habitat.
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Guest_Stickbow_*
Posted 03 August 2014 - 12:54 PM
Digging this up because I was surfing around for some info to share with a friend.
I've caught leptolucania and Elassoma together a lot, but to date haven't hit a spot without Elassoma that did have leptolucania. Can't claim I've been all that systematic - sometimes I take a couple of swipes in a spot, catch what I'm after, and move on. I don't consider that very scientific sampling, though I do write down what I saw/caught in a spot like that, along with any other info I can determine (ph, temperature, date/weather/etc).
I've caught leptolucania and Elassoma together a lot, but to date haven't hit a spot without Elassoma that did have leptolucania. Can't claim I've been all that systematic - sometimes I take a couple of swipes in a spot, catch what I'm after, and move on. I don't consider that very scientific sampling, though I do write down what I saw/caught in a spot like that, along with any other info I can determine (ph, temperature, date/weather/etc).
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