Yeah, even as much as I like to cling to the white on the fins, the rest of the fish really discredits that. I think Nate was simply saying that he understood why I was thinking brook trout, rather than saying it was a brook trout.
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Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 25 October 2010 - 08:21 PM
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Guest_smbass_*
Posted 04 November 2010 - 04:43 PM
The nocomis is more interesting to me than the trout. I once caught some in the same general area and drainage. It took me forever to feel confident in what they were but I think they are the bigmouth chubs and that fish looks identical and that fits better than bluehead based on location. Here is a photo...
Nocomis sp.7 from fox Ridge Run (New River Drainage) NC 06 10 07 by BZ.jpg 502.19KB
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That bright red eye is very striking.
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That bright red eye is very striking.
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Guest_gerald_*
Posted 05 November 2010 - 01:53 PM
Brian - I'd say yours is a bluehead too. Bigmouth chub should have smaller and more numerous tubercles, extending farther down the snout, and few if any above/behind the eye. See drawings on page 263 in Freshwater Fishes of Viginia. Where is that fish from?
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Guest_smbass_*
Posted 07 November 2010 - 12:39 AM
That fish was caught in the New River drainage at one of the collection sites for the NC convention a couple years back. We also caught redlip shiners, mountain redbelly dace, rosyside dace, and blacknose dace all at this site.
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