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[littlen]

Caught this short-faced guy a few years back. He did well despite his Pug-faced appearance. From an introduced/invasive population in Lovettsville, Va.

From the collecting site:


Once settled in the aquarium:


Nothing special. Just sparking conversation. Always neat to find oddballs that make it in the wild.

[Chasmodes]

He is so cool!  That creek is right across the river from one of my favorites   Maybe his pug face and sharp nose allow him a genetic advantage when chasing prey in rock crevices?  I say that because most rainbow darters have kind of more of a rounded off snout, while his is much pointier, albeit shorter.

[Fleendar the Magnificent]

Absolutely a gorgeous fish! Still no luck catching a male rainbow like that. I did catch a small O-spot sunfish and a baby warmouth yesterday, but the river isn't raging high enough to push the darters close to the shoreline yet.

 

Happy, safe and legal collecting.

 

The Grumpy Old Man.