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Goby ID.

Started by taldridge0321 , May 07 2017 11:00 AM

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#1 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:00 AM

Doing a little brackish water collecting in Emerald Isle, NC. Naked Goby maybe? Emerald+Isle_+North+Carolina+_84_.JPG

#2 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:00 AM

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#3 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:01 AM

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#4 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:01 AM

I believe these are juvenile Bluefish. Large mouth and teeth. Emerald+Isle_+North+Carolina+_15_.JPG

#5 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:02 AM

There were lots of Mummichog and Sheepshead Minnows. Striped Mullet were taken with cast nets. Emerald+Isle_+North+Carolina+_39_.JPG

#6 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 11:03 AM

Atlantic Stingray. Emerald+Isle_+North+Carolina+_52_.JPG

#7 mattknepley

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Smack-dab between the Savannah and the Saluda.

Posted 07 May 2017 - 12:27 PM

Dang, is no fish safe from AquaTim?!

Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."

#8 zooxanthellae

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North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 02:45 PM

Doing a little brackish water collecting in Emerald Isle, NC. Naked Goby maybe?

Agreed.

I believe these are juvenile Bluefish. Large mouth and teeth.

Definitely bluefish.

I know exactly where you took these photos, It's the boat ramp behind the church. Did you fish in those ponds next to the ramp? The northern most population of sailfin mollies were collected right there.

#9 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 07:48 PM

Agreed.

Definitely bluefish.

I know exactly where you took these photos, It's the boat ramp behind the church. Did you fish in those ponds next to the ramp? The northern most population of sailfin mollies were collected right there.

Yep, that's the spot. I didn't try the ponds darn it.

#10 taldridge0321

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Pigeon Watershed, North Carolina

Posted 07 May 2017 - 07:51 PM

Dang, is no fish safe from AquaTim?!

Haha, I met up with an old Marine buddy and we needed bait because he wanted to fish. So, I had an excuse to get my waders and nets out...

#11 dmarkley

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Lower Susquehanna River

Posted 09 May 2017 - 07:14 AM

Agreed.

Definitely bluefish.

I know exactly where you took these photos, It's the boat ramp behind the church. Did you fish in those ponds next to the ramp? The northern most population of sailfin mollies were collected right there.

Are these mollies native to there? Or were they introduced?

Susquehanna River Drainage

#12 zooxanthellae

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North Carolina

Posted 09 May 2017 - 10:49 AM

Are these mollies native to there? Or were they introduced?

Although I've not sequenced them, I'm fairly confident that they are native. The northernmost reported populations are in the Cape Fear basin, roughly two hours south, but I've encountered them in the summer in a few places between Emerald Isle and the Cape Fear basin. They are interesting for their cold tolerance, and for the fact that I've never found any large, "sailfin" males here, only smaller, less impressive guys.