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Describe the location, distance from major cities, the environment.
https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmhvdXN0b25wcmVzcy5jb20vbmV3cy90aGluZ3MtdG8tZG8tdmlzaXQtdGhlLXJlLW9wZW5lZC1iYWxtb3JoZWEtc3RhdGUtcGFyay1wb29sLTExMjQwMjA10gEA?hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN%3AenAnglers can get a good catch of the Comanche Springs Pupfishes in the Balmorhea State Park in Texas. The park has a large artesian spring-fed pool, and the water flow is constant, and hence chlorination is not required. This is the mean reason for the quality and health of the fish types here. One can easily reach the park from Balmorhea city, which is 56 miles away and can reach within an hour.
Types of fish that can be found
Pecos Gambusia, the channel catfish, are found in large numbers along with Largemouth Bass, Mirror carp, Blue catfish, gizzard shad and black bullhead.
Type of fishing that can be done at the location
Shore fishing can be done using rods, lures, and baits. These are very small fish types, and the male fish has a silvery stripe on its body to attract the female ones. The fin of the fish is in attractive bluish turquoise color. Various steps are taken for protecting the pupfish like pumping water into the streams. The species also lives in San Solomon springs which gets its waters from Phantom lake spring. There are two major irrigation channels in this area, and the fish lives in the entire network of the spring. Here the fish completely feeds on plant material and small insects. Spawning happens during the spring outflow of water, and the fish prefers small pools of standing water for this purpose.
The average length of a juvenile fish is 3.8cm, the largest reported being 6.2cm. It is short life-span fish and can live only for a year though few of them make it up to two or three years. The male has three spawning techniques and conserving the species help in avoiding hybridization and degradation.
Their range starts from Pecos river drainages within Texas. The present range is limited to small series of springs, irrigation canals and ditches which connect Phantom Lake springs, Toya Creek, Griffin springs, San Solomon springs near Balmorhea Reeves County, Texas. Initially, the species was introduced Pecos River drainage system. In due course of time, the springs and marshes have been altered a lot due to human activity which has reduced the population of this type of fishes.
These thrive in large numbers in the freshwater springs, canals, and associated marshlands. They choose their settlements where the current of water is high over a muddy bottom. Even the young fishes can adapt greatly to extremely hot temperature and waters with high salinity levels. Most of these fishes can live in fast-flowing as well as standing water, and they can survive even in desert springs. Few of these occupy coastal waters and can live in isolation from other fish species.
They feed largely on algae and small invertebrates. In the 1950s the pool in which these were stocked completely dried up causing the species to be extremely rare.