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Blackwater sampling

Started by Guest_dsmith73_* , Jul 04 2008 01:02 PM

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#1 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 01:02 PM

We got out yesterday for a little sampling in the Edisto River and its tribs. I was in search of some pugnose minnows to try to get some photos. The highlight of the trip was seeing a large, nicely colored mud snake. We tried to capture it for some photos but it was too far under a tree by the time we grabbed it and we couldn't get it back out. Here are the species we got:

Opsopoeodus emiliae, Pugnose minnow

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Notropis petersoni, Coastal shiner

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Notropis cummingsae, Dusky shiner

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Notropis chalybaeus, Ironcolor shiner

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Pteronotropis stonei, Lowland shiner

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Labidesthes sicculus, Brook silverside
Noturus leptacanthus, Speckled madtom
Ameiurus natalis, Yellow bullhead
Elassoma evergladei, Everglades pygmy sunfish
Enneacanthus gloriosus, Bluespotted sunfish
Enneacanthus chaetodon, Blackbanded sunfish
Lepomis marginatus, Dollar sunfish

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Lepomis punctatus, Spotted sunfsih
Lepomis auritus, Redbreast
Aphredoderus sayanus, Pirate perch
Minytrema melanops, Spotted sucker

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Etheostoma fricksium, Savannah darter
Etheostoma olstedi, Tesselated darter
Percina nigrofasciata, Blackbanded darter

#2 Guest_mander_*

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 10:03 PM

Nice! Thanks!

#3 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 05 July 2008 - 12:06 AM

Boy, a lot of those shiners look alike, don't they? That's why I love 'em.

#4 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 08:10 PM

You get spotted sucker in blackwater streams and with those fish?!?!

#5 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 08:58 PM

Yes, spotted suckers are one of the few suckers found in these streams. I have also seen brassy jumprocks and northern hogsuckers.

#6 Guest_khudgins_*

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 08:51 AM

Thanks for the side-by-side on the shiners. They're so similar it really helps to have good photos together when new guys like me are learning to ID them.