Did I catch a Mayan?

[duanes]

Uropthalmus are commonly found in brackish water, in fact there is a population that live and breed in the 35ppt saline sea water around Isla Mujeras Mexico They may at some point be de-lumped into a separate species.
I have found them in many parts of Florida.

And I would not be surprised if cool tolerant individuals are evolving, moving their range a little more northward every day.
Consider the genus of cichlids Gymnogeophagus, that live in southern South America where small bodies water ice over in winter. And these Gymnogeophagus need a winter cooldown to survive.

 

[Covetous]

I catch these in Sarasota, how much further north are you?

 

[Dustin3006]

I catch these in Sarasota, how much further north are you?

I'm 3 hours NE of you you

 

[Dustin3006]

Uropthalmus are commonly found in brackish water, in fact there is a population that live and breed in the 35ppt saline sea water around Isla Mujeras Mexico They may at some point be de-lumped into a separate species.
I have found them in many parts of Florida.

And I would not be surprised if cool tolerant individuals are evolving, moving their range a little more northward every day.
Consider the genus of cichlids Gymnogeophagus, that live in southern South America where small bodies water ice over in winter. And these Gymnogeophagus need a winter cooldown to survive.

We haven't had a freeze this winter yet but It sounds like I should go build a pond for these guys

 

[Dustin3006]

Update I went back caught another nice one and then brought back a two incher which is now in quarantine