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Pelion, SC Multiple Species
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taldridge0321
, Nov 10 2016 03:47 PM
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gerald
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- Wake Forest, North Carolina
Posted 11 November 2016 - 09:14 AM
Great diversity there! It's rare to find a coastal plain site with that many darter species. Are golden-ear killies there too? Swampfish?
Another thing about mud sun: the snout is very short, giving them an owl-like face with good binocular vision. They remind me of oscar cichlids.
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#25
taldridge0321
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- Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina
Posted 11 November 2016 - 09:46 AM
Great diversity there! It's rare to find a coastal plain site with that many darter species. Are golden-ear killies there too? Swampfish?
Another thing about mud sun: the snout is very short, giving them an owl-like face with good binocular vision. They remind me of oscar cichlids.
Dustin would know about the Golden Killies, I would suspect Swampfish there but I didn't find any. Beautiful location.
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Dustin
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Posted 15 November 2016 - 10:09 AM
Gerald, that is one of my favorite spots. I think over the years I have seen right at 30 species there which is an impressive number for a sandhills stream. Chrysotus don't make it up that far though. The farthest inland I have seen them is in Lake Marion. The only killie at this spot is lineolatus. It is also the most inland spot where I have found evergladei.
Dustin Smith
At the convergence of the Broad, Saluda and Congaree
Lexington, SC
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