Male Banded Darter
#1 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 27 February 2011 - 09:30 PM
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#2 Guest_MrCatfish_*
Posted 27 February 2011 - 10:10 PM
#3 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 28 February 2011 - 08:59 AM
#4 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 28 February 2011 - 10:29 AM
#5 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 28 February 2011 - 10:21 PM
Not having the good fortune to examine the animal in person, for some reason I had the idea that was not a very colorful species.
That bright green color shows up in a few darters but doesn't seem to be a common color among the fish world at large.
#6 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 01 March 2011 - 10:19 PM
I vaguely recall reading that darters had some unique, or at least uncommon, green pigments. So, if I'm remembering correctly, it's a true green pigment, not a combination of yellow pigment and blue structural color as in green frogs and reptiles.
#7
Posted 02 March 2011 - 05:17 PM
NANFA convention 2003 Hunstville Alabama... Dr. Brady Porter presents "Its not easy being green"... a discussion of how darters express different colors... and yes, green is a tough one...These guys are very intense in season, but unlike, say, rainbow or snubnose darters, they don't retain much vestige of nuptial colors through the rest of the year. They're more like minnows in that regard: when they're on, they're on, but they go out like a light once the season is done.
I vaguely recall reading that darters had some unique, or at least uncommon, green pigments. So, if I'm remembering correctly, it's a true green pigment, not a combination of yellow pigment and blue structural color as in green frogs and reptiles.
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