Re: new aggie

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Eric,

The large mouth bass is a fairly recent introduction into most lakes within it
present range. Only 12,000 years ago it was probably restricted to the SE USA,
east of the Mississippi River. Everything north of there was under a 1000 feet
or more of continental glacier. Much of its present distribution is due to
human relocation of the fish to lakes that didn't even exist 500 years ago.
Before humans entered the picture there were very few natural lakes, mostly
oxbows along rivers. Then not all species change at the same rate. Genetic
studies by Farias, et al. (2001. The cytochrome b gene as a phylogenetic
marker: the limits of resolution for analyzing relationships among cichlid
fishes. J. Molecular Evolution 53: 89-103) show that the genus Apistogramma is
an extremely rapidly evolving genus. This agrees with some of the geologic
evidence that the Amazon Basin has changed radically over the past few
millennia.

I will say one thing for big mouths. Nothing beats the thrill of seeing the
lips of one surround a surface lure that slowly swirls down into the sucking
gape of a 5 - 10 pound bass.

Mike Wise

Apist-O-Rama wrote:

> What about fish in lakes? I love fishing and a large mouth bass from lake A
> in state A, is the exact same fish, species, type, whatever as the large
> mouth bass I catch in lake B in state B, even if those lakes are thousands
> of miles apart. Granted sometimes an individual fish may have slightly
> different shades of color depending on the clarity of the lake and stuff
> (bass in clearer lakes are lighter colored than bass in dark lakes). But it
> is still a large mouth bass, plain and simple. I realize that I am probably
> over simplifying things, but why isn't this the case with A. agassizii, and
> other Apistos for that matter?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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