Shiner?
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, Aug 06 2009 04:07 PM
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Posted 06 August 2009 - 04:07 PM
Caught a few of these in a small trib of Pumpkinvine Creek (Etowah R. watershed)
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Posted 07 August 2009 - 11:46 PM
Yup, shiners fer sher! Or else minners.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 01:27 AM
The one in the back has to be the burrhead shiner (Notropis asperifrons) and the front one could be a Hybopsis species, but not sure.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 11:01 AM
The upper right one appears to be a stoneroller (Campostoma sp.) to me. The other is a Notropis sp. but beyond that I don't know.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 11:15 AM
The shiner on the left could well be a coosa shiner, Notropis xaenocephalus. Burrhead shiners don't look that deep-bodied.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 01:24 PM
The upper right one appears to be a stoneroller (Campostoma sp.) to me. The other is a Notropis sp. but beyond that I don't know.
Yeah, scratch Hybopsis species, I agree with Campostoma species.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 03:02 PM
Right I was pretty sure about the stoneroller but the one on the left was a mystery to me thanks.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 03:49 PM
Coosa shiner, Notropis xaenocephalus. Most likely. I blanketed that watershed, when I worked in GA. I don't have my notes in front of me, but fairly certain there are no . N. asperifrons in the drainage.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 06:18 PM
All of these are great possibilities. I am unsure if the would occur in creeks or not, but the left one looks an aweful lot like silverstripe shiner (N. stilbius).
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 09:04 PM
It doesn't look silvery enough to be a silverstripe, but it does have a relatively large eye like silverstripes. And they certainly occur in even smallish creeks.All of these are great possibilities. I am unsure if the would occur in creeks or not, but the left one looks an aweful lot like silverstripe shiner (N. stilbius).
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Posted 17 August 2009 - 04:52 PM
Thanks for the clarification. Now after looking closer to some photos, I can see Coosa shiner as being the best possibility.
I was just hoping it isn't burrhead since I'm fairly certain they are still protected in GA.
I was just hoping it isn't burrhead since I'm fairly certain they are still protected in GA.
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Posted 17 August 2009 - 04:57 PM
Yeah, that's right, burrheads are S2, Imperiled, in Georgia, as well as in Tennessee.
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