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A la pesca. (Gone fishin'.)
Devin Biggs, 2007
This Weblog, the title of which translates roughly as "gone fishin'", describes a series of fishing excursions that I took to streams in the Ayuquila/Armería watershed during a three-week trip to Western Mexico. I was based in the town of Autlán, Jalisco during my visit.
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My Trip to the A.L.A. Convention 2007, Kinney, H. |
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My Trip to the A.L.A. Convention 2007
By Herb Kinney
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My A.L.A. convention adventure started Friday morning April 29th at about 7:30 A.M. when I started catching and bagging fish to take along.
By 4:00 P. M. Dave Hackenberg arrived to pick my son, Ryan, and I up. For us, it was a short drive (about two hours) with plenty of fish talk. We arrived shortly after 6:00 P.M., checked in, unloaded, and then set up the fish we brought for the show. Unfortunately, I missed the first guest speaker. I was in my room selling and trading fish. I got a nice group of Limia vattata.
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White River Springfish
Crenichthys baileyi
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Dustin Stonebraker
The Crenichthys Baileyi, commonly known as the White River Springfish, is described as a small (2 to 2.5 inch) silver to white species, with double rows of spots on the sides which may be connected. Breeding males are said to exhibit more intense coloration than females, with mid-dorsal markings becoming very dark (almost black) contrasting with light, sometimes yellow, sides above the fused spots. Lack of ventral fins and bicuspid teeth distinguish this genus from other members of cypinodontidae. This is one of the two known egg laying Goodeids in the United States. Some argue this species should be considered a killifish.
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Allodontichthys zonistius (Hubbs 1932 )
By: Richard C. Griffiths
This is the first member of the genus described, though it is alphabetically the last. It is one of the highland species and was described by Dr. Carl Hubbs in “Studies of the Fishes of the Order Cyprinodontes. 11. Zoogoneticus zonistius, a New Species form Colima, Mexico,” Copeia 1932, No. 2, p. 68-71. While discovered in 1932, it was not imported as an aquarium fish into 1984 when Dr. Radda imported this fish into Europe. Since then it has had a limited distribution.
The males reach 4.5 cm. in length, and the females slightly larger, to 5 cm. Their body is elongate and similar to the Ilyodon, and for this reason raises the question for some ichthiologyis as to whether the fish should be in this genus, or the genus Ilyodon
The color of this fish is an overall brown with more showing on the top, with darker brown stripes along the side (usually more than 12 stripes) which meld into one another from mid point to the caudal peduncle. The species name, zonistius, is from the Latin and is in reference to these bands, or zones, on the side of the fish. In good lighting the basic brown body gives way to purple and silver while the head is more golden colored (along with some green). The dorsal has five black bands, and the pectoral fin has a number of round black spots above and behind it.
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Rauchenberger, 1988
This is the latest member of the genus Allodontichthys to be described, having been described by Dr. M. Rauchenberger in “COPEIA 1988 (2):433-441, though it was previously discussed as early as 1981 by J. M. Fitzsimons. The species names means “many scales” and is in reference to its smaller, more numerous scales. An unfortunate combination of generic and specific names, if translated, would make this a difficult fish name to pronounce, though it may be well described: the fish with the different teeth with many scales. Very specific but lacking in poetry.
The Orange Darter Goodeid is the northern most member of the genus, being found in the upper reaches of the Rio Ameca basin, Jalisco, Mexico. It was originally found with Allotoca goslinei and Ameca splendens. Other goodeids of the genus Skiffia were apparently also found at the original time of collection.
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