mcphee used these words in his shad book...he was hanging around with
fish scientists, so i assume they are correct terms. i'd only read
about anadromous fish before mcphee's book. he offers a lot of
interesting fish science for the casual reader. but...i was surprised
none of his recipes included deep-frying. i doubt many in eastern nc
would eat baked or broiled shad - properly breaded and deep-fried (after
scoring the filet) is the best method of cooking the bony alosa
sapidissima... and, i'd recommend doing it outside, unless your family
really, really likes a fish scented home.

jeff

Chas Wade wrote:

Jeff Miller wrote:

diadromous = live in ocean, spawn in fresh (anadromous) *or* live in
fresh water, spawn in ocean (catadromous)...doesn't seem to fit.

amphidromous = moving from normal fresh or salt to the other water to
eat or survive drought but not to procreate. perhaps?

??


That's a new word for me, it sounds about right, I'd need to understand
when it's used, but I think that it probably applies more to cutthroat
and Dolly Varden with their sneaking in and out of the estuaries. Bull
trout use reservoirs like salmon use the ocean, they move out at a
tender age, and come back for sex. The Bulls in the Hoh seem to
include both amphidromous and anadromous fish.

Thanks

Chas
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