The usual cruddy pics on my part, but the gestalt seems to confirm my field id of H. regius. They are in this drainage, but there isn't a record of 'em this far upstream though.
What do you all think?
P9010324.JPG 94.87KB
0 downloads
P9010326.JPG 99.39KB
0 downloads
P9010330.JPG 88.85KB
0 downloads
Eastern silvery?
Started by
mattknepley
, Sep 01 2014 06:21 PM
6 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 01 September 2014 - 06:21 PM
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#2 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 01 September 2014 - 06:59 PM
Looks like a winner to me. I had to pull out a book though. Has that pointy Hybog dorsal.
#3
Posted 01 September 2014 - 08:36 PM
Thanks, Matt. I kinda forgot the whole location requirement. Big Curltail Creek, Abbeville Co., SC. Small trib in the Savannah River system.
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#4 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 01 September 2014 - 09:29 PM
... and no trace of dark scale edging or stripe ... just plain silver ... and scales fall off easily. if you catch another get a closeup of the mouth from underneath: it's short and shaped like C rather than like U (most shiners).
#5 Guest_fritz_*
Posted 02 September 2014 - 10:23 AM
I agree with the ID
#6
Posted 02 September 2014 - 11:52 AM
Thanks, Gerald and Fritz. That scale dropping info is good a good nugget o' knowledge to have. I seined two of those fish yesterday, and both dropped scales when none of the other species did.
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#7 Guest_Stickbow_*
Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:37 AM
That ID is what I had come up with when I lived and collected/sampled in the Augusta - Savannah River area.
For what it is worth. Had problems with the rain of silver scales, like catching a Ladyfish in salt water.
For what it is worth. Had problems with the rain of silver scales, like catching a Ladyfish in salt water.
1 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users