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FISHES of
BUCK ISLAND RANCH, Lake Placid, Florida:
A preliminary checklist

compiled by Fred E. Lohrer, 10 February 2005

This list includes fishes recorded from the Buck Island Ranch, Highlands County, Florida, currently the MacArthur Agro-Ecology Research Center operated by Archbold Biological Station. The classification and nomenclature follow Nelson et al. 2004 ( Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Amer. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. No. 29:1-386). This list includes 16 fish species, and one additional species identified to genus, and includes 3 non-native species. This list is based on: a) records for 11 species recorded by Baber et al. (Baber, M.J., D.L. Childers, K.J. Babbitt, and D.H. Anderson. 2002. Controls on fish distribution and abundance in temporary wetlands. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59(9):1441-1450); b) records for 5 additional species identified by Eva Hohausova  <http://www.eviceh.wz.cz/index.htm> (pers. comm., 10 February 2005); and c) other records submitted by MAERC scientisist (these are indicated for each species).

Methods. Baber et al. sampled 6 isolated wetlands (not directly connected to ditches) chosen randomly from each of the 3 major habitat types at the Ranch (improved pasture, semi-native prairie, woodland habitat) each month during June - October 1999 using a dip net or throw trap. Hohausova sampled ditches with a dip net during 2003. No voucher specimens exist.--F.E.L.

 Species List

Order Siluriformes
Family Ictaluridae - North American catfishes
--Brown Bullhead  Ameiurus nebulosus H

Family Clariidae - labyrinth catfishes
--Walking Catfish  Clarias batrachus +

Family Callichthyidae - armored catfishes
--Brown Hoplo  Hoplosternum littorale +H

Order Percopsiformes
Family Aphredoderidae - pirate perches
--Pirate Perch  Aphredoderus sayanus H

Order Cyprinodontiformes
Family Fundulidae - topminnows
--Golden Topminnow  Fundulus chrysotus
--Banded Topminnow  Fundulus cingulatus
--Bluefin Killifish  Lucania goodei

Family Poeciliidae - livebearers
--Eastern Mosquitofish  Gambusia holbrooki
--Least Killifish  Heterandria formosa

Family Cyprinodontidae - pupfishes
--Flagfish  Jordanella floridae

Order Perciformes
Family Centrarchidae - sunfishes
--Warmouth  Lepomis gulosus
--Largemouth Bass  Micropterus salmoides (P.J. Bohlen, pers comm.)

Family Percidae - perches
--Swamp Darter  Etheostoma fusiforme H

Family Elassomatidae - pygmy sunfishes
--Everglades Pygmy Sunfish  Elassoma evergladei

Family Cichlidae - cichlids
--Black Acara  Cichlasoma bimaculatum +

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