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Edited by Gene2308, 24 May 2009 - 04:41 PM.
Tesselated Darter Hardiness
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 04:41 PM
Hi, I just saw a Tesselated (or what I believe to be a tesselated) swimming near my apartment in a fairly sedimented and trash-ridden urban stream. Are these guys known to be quite hardy?
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 09:25 AM
I'm not at all familiar with tessellated darters, but I know that both orangethroats and johnnies can both live in moderately to heavily polluted streams around here. It wouldn't be far-fetched to assume tessellateds could too.
Perhaps someone with more direct experience could weigh in here.
Perhaps someone with more direct experience could weigh in here.
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 09:45 AM
Yes, tesselated is usually the ONLY darters i see in urban streams in NC Atlantic slope river basins.
Because it sticks eggs to the underside of a rock and fans them, it can survive in creeks where fine silt has clogged up the gravel, so gravel-spawning darters cannot live. (Fantail and johnny are also fairly urban tolerant for the same reason)
Because it sticks eggs to the underside of a rock and fans them, it can survive in creeks where fine silt has clogged up the gravel, so gravel-spawning darters cannot live. (Fantail and johnny are also fairly urban tolerant for the same reason)
I'm not at all familiar with tessellated darters, but I know that both orangethroats and johnnies can both live in moderately to heavily polluted streams around here. It wouldn't be far-fetched to assume tessellateds could too.
Perhaps someone with more direct experience could weigh in here.
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 11:14 AM
Thank you, I assumed this had to be the case but wanted to get some opinions first.
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 01:32 PM
Road signs, lawnmowers, and newspaper vending machines with the coin box ripped open also make good spawning sites for tessies and johnnys.
In some urban streams these are much easier to find than rocks.
In some urban streams these are much easier to find than rocks.
Thank you, I assumed this had to be the case but wanted to get some opinions first.
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 11:37 PM
Road signs, lawnmowers, and newspaper vending machines with the coin box ripped open...these are much easier to find.
Or dead dogs, here in the South.
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