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Posted 20 April 2012 - 09:56 PM
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Edited by blakemarkwell, 21 April 2012 - 04:41 PM.
Posted 21 April 2012 - 09:03 PM
Then it's a central stoneroller, only stoneroller in NY.Thanks for the replies.
Sorry I don't have any other pics with the anal fin. The creek doesn't have a name, it just runs under the Erie Canal in Albion, NY.
Posted 21 April 2012 - 09:40 PM
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:40 PM
Just last week, I had the pleasure of witnessing colored up swarms of SRBD all over several stoneroller nests while the male stonerollers feverishly rooted pebbles from their pits. Quite a spectacular show.When they are spawning often other species will be encountered using their spawning site such as Rainbow Shiners.
Posted 29 April 2012 - 12:25 AM
Stonerollers are algae eaters, scrapping off that slippery stuff with their lower chisel lip. You can often see the pattern they leave behind on smooth rocks... a mottled pattern of little horseshoe shapes. Standing on the bank you can often ID them by their sides flashing bright in the sun as the strike and shave off a bit of algae.
They travel in herds, like grazing cattle, often sized to the same individuals. Small Stonies will be in one group while largers gathered in another.
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