choice fish from your state

[WattaMelon]

Keep in mind, there's more than one kind of stickleback. Most are brackish or euryhaline species, and at least one is strictly marine; I believe the brook stickleback, which is the kind found in MN, is the only strictly freshwater species.

In Minnesota alone, there are four resident species; Culea inconstans (brook), Gasterosteus aculeatus (threespine and invasive), Pungitius pungitius occidentalis (ninespine and about to be elevated to it's own species), and Apeltes quadracus (four spine and very rare).


Previously, most of the information I've found on these fish refer to a predominantly freshwater type of fish found primarily in the northern hemisphere- mostly in Europe and North America. I am reading now about interesting studies done on some salt water species, using their mating habits as ways to observe sexually driven natural selection. Another study I read about focused on a fresh water European species with an uncanny ability to learn and adapt.

Considering that the classification of many of these fishes are still in the air, I think there's a lot many of us have to learn about these fish.

 

[WattaMelon]

I read it on some site dont recall which one when I was interersted in them few yrs back .
Thought at min required brackish water and had a very narrow temp requirement.

Would have never thought they were found in pure fresh water .

What temps do you house them at and what do you feed them?

thanks

I keep mine at room temp, and feed them small live foods like daphnia, blackworms, rotifers, things like that. They like the live plants (especially java moss) because the males use them to make nests.

 

[HiImSean]

Etowah Darter

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

apache trout (1st pic.)
colorado pikeminnow (2nd pic.)

 

[WattaMelon]

apache trout (1st pic.)
colorado pikeminnow (2nd pic.)

NICE picks!

That trout has personality in his face, what a neat fish!

 

[Great Basin Benji]

Without question Sacramento Perch. Although the Devil's Hole Pupfish would be the absolute coolest, considering they have the smallest native habitat of any other living creature, they're probably out of the question. So here's some shots of some Sacramento Perch that reside in one of my smaller tanks. They are the ONLY native Centrarchid that is west of the Rocky Mountains, and they havn't changed on the fossil record for TEN OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS... Definately a personal favorite of mine.

 

[Thalan]

Alligator Gar of course.

 

[pbass lover]

I'll need a huge lake but if I could I would

 

[sostoudt]

the varieties of north american fish continue to amaze me.

 

[josh11]

LARGEMOUTH for me