

Here's a MUCH better one by Wm Roston:

Though, apparently, when in breeding color, the black spot all but disappears. Maybe that tells us something about the fish in Uland's photo?
Posted 08 July 2008 - 08:17 AM
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Actually, the "striatulum" is a virgatum. We did get striatulum, but not in that kind of color.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 10:20 AM
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 11:04 AM
Hum, the amazing darter is listed as a Striped here but on Uland's link as a Striated. Better straighten that out before we end up mightly confused. icon_smile.gif
Striped Striated Striped Striated Striped. Studying the Petersons shows not but a tiny degree of difference between the 2 species. I know several humans that project more variation.
That reminds me Uland, how does that mask fit?
heh heh. just kidding you fine domed fellow.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 12:24 PM
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 07:01 PM
Just wanted to say that those photos are fantastic! What type of camera do you use when you do these? Not to mention that that golden darter got its name for some odd reason, just cannot put my finger on it right now..
Posted 08 July 2008 - 08:48 PM
Todd...
where did we see...
a sexy striatulum? I dont recall that. I do know that pre marital bliss trip yielded my first solid Ashy darter snorkel as well as a near visit to Etnier's favorite retention facility.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 10:49 PM
Thanks Mark, between your word, Ulanda and Dustin's photos, and the post trip banter, it's almost like being there! Well, not anywhere near as good as being there... nothing like a good snorkel... but still a pretty good simulation. Even more so when you have had the chance to hang with the usual suspects in the past... looking forward to joining y'all again sometime....so here's a few hastily composed and brief snippets of my recollection, such as it is
Posted 09 July 2008 - 08:42 PM
Well, Casper was asking for a narrative, so here's a few hastily composed and brief snippets of my recollection, such as it is
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Long drive south, arrive very late, sleep in car at lovely National Forest camp. Great place to wake up. Only 15 minutes from the Little River site. The hardcores had already sampled the dickens out of TN by the time I showed up! Sorry I didn't get to see the Phenacobius uranops that someone saw. Well, there was a lot I missed on this trip, easy to do with such a monumental species list! Did get to snorkle the Little. Very cool, attitude wise. Tangerines, whitetails, a lost MP3 player dangling by its ear buds in the current beneath the dam. Dried it out, but, wonder, no soundsMy home made corrective lenses worked great in the that silicone mask. FYI: silicone sealant bonds like a Zebra Mussells beard to a silicone mask. Cut off the ear pieces and nose pads and a generous glob of silicone on the nose bridge fixes an old pair of glasses firmly inside the mask. Need that clear vision to really appreciate the tiny darting gems. Next time, grind those nose pads down flush so the nubs don't dig into your nose! Anywho, A few quick photos and off to the next wonderful adventure (how many adventures can YOU load into one little road trip?!). Whoo, whoo, whoo, round and round the mountain we go! What's that sound from the back wheel? No matter, there are fishes to see! Wheee! Jump in this stream, hey what's that! A prize! Dive in that stream, yea! A treat! Never seen that before! Oh, off to another Shangrila! The Emory, down the steep, wet, muddy road! Doh! No, put 'er in reverse, screeeee. Oooh, that noise is worse in reverse
Park at the top. Dustin, check that tall grass to be sure there's ground under it. Great, the car may stay put
Down the hill again, slop through the big mud puddle. Step aside for the family on ATV's. Popular spot on Father's Day. Hey, there's the river. Big wide. Look at that calm side channel. Full of water weed. Warm as bath water. Great circles of sunfish nests. Redbreasts? Longears? Big, bright males. We should snorkle for them. Over the chunky, slick cobbles to the big main channel. Looks like fish here. We're snorkling. The Father's Day party, dogs, kids, all enjoying the river currents, their private whirlpool tub. Also enjoying the cheap entertainment of strange, submerged bodies, tubes poking up, hinds bobbing over the riffles. What's that blue flash? That's different. Minnow, low slung mouth, slender, quick! Oh baby! Big BLUE neon bands! Fast as lightning. Turquoise. That's it! Shiner, Erimonax monacha, Spotfin chub! You can have your Figi Reef. We have our Tennessee fleuve! Must catch fish! Here fishie fishie fishie. Uurrrgh! Missed! Now where did he go? Hang on, you're in the main flow, hurtling down the river! Must crawl back to that spot! Must find pretty pretty fishie! Dang! We're leaving?! I just needed the GREEN net, the GREEN net! Uland, trade me your green net for this white one. I will return! Little blue fish your charm eludes me. I will return, your light deludes me.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, New River, ashy! Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, Jellico, kennicotti! Zip, zip, zip, Capuchin, baileyi! On down the lane, Middle Fork of the Kentucky. Awesome cherry carinatum, blade of grass masquinongy. Arrows flying, manders creeping, thinking now, might like be sleeping! Lie upon a fallen log, what's that thunder, in a fog! I think I'll take a break 'bout now, to see a blackfin, just show me how. Fritz, the veteran, quench my hernia, where oh where to find Thoburnia? Then on my own I hobble onward, past six box turtles to Daniel's forest. Next day mosey to Peter's Creek. Take my time, new fishies seek. Nesting bass, and basking turtle, Lythrurus spawning o'er longears' pits. Bellum's blue breast seems unusual, these new fishes test the wits! Zebra swallowtail comes to my picnic, the plastic colors make him heart sick. But where oh where is rare Thoburnia, will my comrades with me stick? Then from the road I hear the rumble, fishhead warriors like the Bumble. Down the the bank nets shockers buckets, are there fat pockets pigtoes muckets? No but longears spendids catfish, and atripinne, where is that fish? The vet he travels lone and steeled, little sucker your fate is sealed. Grip that rock and lose some scales, mortal wound, and man prevails. We gasp in wonder, such delight. To see the fishie what a sight! Rare tiny blackfin the finale, road mates on to the raise the tally. I head homeward in my Honda hope again to southward wonda'.
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