[Cillana]

A few years back I kept a few native fish that my friend caught for me in the pond in his yard. He got me a pair of golden topminnows and a few banded pygmy sunfish. They turned out to be pretty nice aquarium fish. They got along with my store bought fish. My Audubon Society field guide says that the topminnows get 3 inches long. They are light green with gold and red specks. They stay towards the top of the tank. It says the sunfish get 2 inches long. They were more shy and stayed down on the gravel like cories and loaches. They aren't as pretty as the topminnows. But they are very cute * . They are light brown with dark brown vertical stripes and specks. They also have a horizontal stripe that goes through their eyes. I have also seen wild sailfin mollies in the brackish lake near where I live (SW Louisiana). They are kind of orangish colored.