As I may be doing more collecting in VA this year I would like to get a VA specific book. Does anybody have a copy of "Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware" by Rohde? If so, how is it? I realize that "Freshwater Fishes of Virginia" would be better but one is $90 and the other is $10. I'm looking for a guide to cover Shiners/Darters/Madtoms that may possibly show ranges and photos. Any suggestions on a good book at a decent price.
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 10:49 PM
http://www.nanfa.org/bod.shtml
Check out the link... Fritz it our president... the book is great... he does a great job with it and even makes mention of some of the fishes suitability as a tank inhabitant... and it covers a good part of the eastern US, so is a good general reference.
I have the Virginia book as well and it is a bigger thicker reference type book... and you should not pay that much for it... it has been available at different times for much less than that.
I would say by Fritz's book now and keep shopping around on the Virgina book.
Check out the link... Fritz it our president... the book is great... he does a great job with it and even makes mention of some of the fishes suitability as a tank inhabitant... and it covers a good part of the eastern US, so is a good general reference.
I have the Virginia book as well and it is a bigger thicker reference type book... and you should not pay that much for it... it has been available at different times for much less than that.
I would say by Fritz's book now and keep shopping around on the Virgina book.
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 07:44 AM
The cost difference is because they are completely different books. You will never find a copy of Jenkins and Burkhead for less than 100 dollars, unless you are an American Fisheries Society member, and if you do find it cheaper you should buy it immediately becasue that is highway robbery. Before it was reprinted copies were being advertised for in excess of five hundred dollars through book resellers. I would recommend the cheaper book if you are interested in the broad information on most species, but if you want detailed maps and a detailed key then get ready to open up the check book.
FYI a key to the freshwater fishes of Maryland is free...
FYI a key to the freshwater fishes of Maryland is free...
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 09:06 AM
As I may be doing more collecting in VA this year I would like to get a VA specific book. Does anybody have a copy of "Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware" by Rohde? If so, how is it? I realize that "Freshwater Fishes of Virginia" would be better but one is $90 and the other is $10. I'm looking for a guide to cover Shiners/Darters/Madtoms that may possibly show ranges and photos. Any suggestions on a good book at a decent price.
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Spend a few extra dollars and get the Jenkins and Burkhead book if you can. Our book was never intended to be a field guide because we couldn't include photos of all the species (too expensive) nor good dot distribution maps. But then if you can get it for $10, get both. i may see a few pennies in royalties.
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Spend a few extra dollars and get the Jenkins and Burkhead book if you can. Our book was never intended to be a field guide because we couldn't include photos of all the species (too expensive) nor good dot distribution maps. But then if you can get it for $10, get both. i may see a few pennies in royalties.
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 09:13 AM
Thanks guys. I'll probably order that book today.
Matt, their are some used copies of the VA book on amazon, one for 85, I'd buy it if I had the extra cash. Where do I find the fishes of Maryland?
Matt, their are some used copies of the VA book on amazon, one for 85, I'd buy it if I had the extra cash. Where do I find the fishes of Maryland?
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 09:51 AM
Thanks guys. I'll probably order that book today.
Matt, their are some used copies of the VA book on amazon, one for 85, I'd buy it if I had the extra cash. Where do I find the fishes of Maryland?
Key to the Freshwater Fishes of Maryland
I'm not sure if our web guy put up the hi-res one or not, or maybe it was intentially left off.
It was intentional, the high res key is like 30 MB.
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 12:50 PM
The cost difference is because they are completely different books. You will never find a copy of Jenkins and Burkhead for less than 100 dollars, unless you are an American Fisheries Society member, and if you do find it cheaper you should buy it immediately becasue that is highway robbery. Before it was reprinted copies were being advertised for in excess of five hundred dollars through book resellers. I would recommend the cheaper book if you are interested in the broad information on most species, but if you want detailed maps and a detailed key then get ready to open up the check book.
I got mine for I think $18 when University of Virginia Press was trying to get rid of the last few they had (based on a heads up that I got from a fellow NANFAn... I think through the old email list).
There are used ones on Amazon now for less than $100 and some for 4 or 5 times that, so there is a lot of variability out there.
Edited by Michael Wolfe, 12 March 2010 - 12:51 PM.
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 03:41 PM
Josh when are you planning on heading to Virginia? what parts? maybe i can get some people up here together and we can take a trip down. id love to go out with you
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 09:50 PM
I live less than 3 hours from VA and my mother's family still live in southwestern VA. I am over there visiting serveral times through the year. My grandmother lives in the Powell river valley, which is also really close to the Clinch River drainage as well. I will probably visit those drainages a few times this year, and wouldn't mind head farther east and/or north. I was hoping to sample in the Guest River (tributary to the Clinch) and see what is in there, anybody ever been in it?
I don't know what fish can be found in West Virgina but I'm also a few hours from there as well (being in central KY, I'm close to a lot of areas). I don't have any specific plans as of yet, but I wouldn't mind setting something up for some low flow sampling this summer over a weekend.
I don't know what fish can be found in West Virgina but I'm also a few hours from there as well (being in central KY, I'm close to a lot of areas). I don't have any specific plans as of yet, but I wouldn't mind setting something up for some low flow sampling this summer over a weekend.
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