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Name this species - cat_man - 07-02-2004
Can anyone figure out my name? Hint: I'm native to North America.
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Re: [cat_man] Name this species - DrownedDesertRat - 07-02-2004
Not sure what you call it down yonder but up here it's known as "bait fish"
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Re: [DrownedDesertRat] Name this species - cat_man - 07-02-2004
Nice try, but if you were caught using one of these bad boys for bait you'd be in for a hefty fine, since it's listed on the Federal Endangered Species List. Oops, that's another hint now too! [crazy][blush]
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Re: [cat_man] Name this species - DrownedDesertRat - 07-02-2004
Hehe. I wouldn't want that to happen.
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Re: [cat_man] Name this species - davetclown - 07-03-2004
I had susptions as to what it was, and now you mentioned that it is on the protected program, I can almost say for a fact that it is a "long jaw cisco"
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Re: [davetclown] Name this species - cat_man - 07-06-2004
Nice guess, but try again! It lives in the Colorado River drainage system.
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Re: [cat_man] Name this species - FisherMOM - 07-06-2004
This is what I found online...
[size 2]Colorado Squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) a.k.a. Colorado pikeminnow[/size]
[size 2]interesting fish.....[/size]
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Re: [FisherMOM] Name this species - cat_man - 07-06-2004
That's correct!! Nice job fishermom! It used to be called the Colorado squawfish, but for political correctness (to not offend any native americans) it was recently changed to the Colorado Pikeminnow.
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Re: [cat_man] Name this species - davetclown - 07-06-2004
the pike minnow is related to the trout family is it not?
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Re: [davetclown] Name this species - cat_man - 07-06-2004
I don't think they're related. I believe the pikeminnow is actually in the minnow family. In fact, it's the largest member of the minnow family (same family as carp). In historic times, there were reports of pikeminnows that topped 5 ft long!!
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