





may i had that i love my MRBD.....but in the wild...the saffrons were incredible.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 05:56 PM
Posted 10 September 2009 - 07:40 PM
They were colored up in the creek and were definately saffrons, we were in Virginia nw of the New River.The slim silvery shiners with black dashes along the LL are probably Tennessee shiners, maybe some Rosyface too. That mutant one is pretty weird. Have you got pix of the Saffrons? In the New River basin both Saffrons and Redlips are present (both presumably introduced) but IME Redlips are more common, at least on the NC side. Thanks for posting pix and story. Wish I coulda joined you!
Posted 10 September 2009 - 08:00 PM
It was from a Roanoke trib.If that riverweed-looking darter is from a Roanoke trib then yes it's a riverweed darter. But if its from another basin then I dunno what it is. Gorgeous Roanoke darter -Ive never seen that much orange on the head/body. The ones i see near Durham (NC) are more green-gold with a bright red dorsal.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 08:15 PM
Posted 10 September 2009 - 08:18 PM
Your photos from the window of a moving car turned out very nice. However maybe next time you might leave out the ones with road signs and bridge names! Good thing I'm not too site protective but gee whiz. Guess you won't be going with me to get Bluenose and Bluehead shiners. Not really a big deal where we were but generally considered bad form to give out site info. I'm posting this here not to jump on you cause here it really doesn't matter but it could in some situations. So for you newbies out there if you want site info keep it in mind. Again I can't believe how good your landscape photos came out from a moving car with one hand and one eye with the other on the road.
Posted 11 September 2009 - 08:17 AM
I think i'm in Josh's camp: washed-out redline darter based on cheek markings, light areas on caudal peduncle, and lack of blotch at front of spiny dorsal. But i've never seen a live wounded darter so i really dont have a good sense of how much they can vary (or fade in a photo tank).
Posted 11 September 2009 - 10:01 AM
actually the pic of the street sign we didnt collect. it was just a pic. and 2 of the streams posted we didnt even collect at. so it really gives away nothing..
Rule #2 NANFA should let you edit your posts
Posted 11 September 2009 - 11:35 AM
Posted 13 September 2009 - 10:09 AM
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