Lippard Creek, Lincolnton, NC
I have never caught one out of this place quite like this. I usually catch Seagreen, Fantail, Piedmont and Tessies here, but what is this one?
Posted 26 December 2016 - 09:57 PM
I dont think your darters look unusual... they actually look like they think it is spring. Now temper this with the fact that I am used to seeing turquoise, so similar but not exactly the same thing. But is seems to me that the first one is a male coloring up and the second one is his chubby girlfriend. What do you see that looks different yo you?
And I call everything that small a jumprock... obviously it could be a juvenile of a different redhorse... but unless you start counting scales or rays or both, I'm not going to know for sure.
Posted 27 December 2016 - 07:20 AM
I dont think your darters look unusual... they actually look like they think it is spring. Now temper this with the fact that I am used to seeing turquoise, so similar but not exactly the same thing. But is seems to me that the first one is a male coloring up and the second one is his chubby girlfriend. What do you see that looks different yo you?
And I call everything that small a jumprock... obviously it could be a juvenile of a different redhorse... but unless you start counting scales or rays or both, I'm not going to know for sure.
Just the coloring and the green bars. I may have only been catching female Seagreens up until now, the blue colors made me think Turquoise Darter but I know they aren't native to that area. On the Redhorse, I will do a scale count today if I can zoom in on the picture enough.
Posted 27 December 2016 - 07:50 AM
Just the coloring and the green bars. I may have only been catching female Seagreens up until now, the blue colors made me think Turquoise Darter but I know they aren't native to that area. On the Redhorse, I will do a scale count today if I can zoom in on the picture enough.
I counted 10 dorsal rays on it, but the scales are tiny and would be hard to count accurately.
Posted 27 December 2016 - 08:28 AM
Just the coloring and the green bars. I may have only been catching female Seagreens up until now, the blue colors made me think Turquoise Darter but I know they aren't native to that area. On the Redhorse, I will do a scale count today if I can zoom in on the picture enough.
Quote from my Peterson's on Seagreen Darters: "On large male, blue-greenbars pass through blotches on side and encircle body near caudal fin."
And for Turquoise Darter; "Nearly identical to Seagreen Darter..." and then say except number of dark saddles on the back and horizontal rows of small red spots on large males. In fact, they are so similar, that they don't even show a picture for the Turquoise. But I will throw out a little eye candy for my local darter (no thread jack intended).
Posted 27 December 2016 - 08:37 AM
Quote from my Peterson's on Seagreen Darters: "On large male, blue-greenbars pass through blotches on side and encircle body near caudal fin."
And for Turquoise Darter; "Nearly identical to Seagreen Darter..." and then say except number of dark saddles on the back and horizontal rows of small red spots on large males. In fact, they are so similar, that they don't even show a picture for the Turquoise. But I will throw out a little eye candy for my local darter (no thread jack intended).
Nice fish. I got into a mess of Turquoise on my Georgia trip, and also at one of Dustin's spots near Pelion, SC.
Posted 27 December 2016 - 08:37 AM
I counted 10 dorsal rays on it, but the scales are tiny and would be hard to count accurately.
I went into the gallery archive and looked at some of those pictures at full size and I think I count 11 dorsal rays... but that could be either brassy jumprock or striped jumprock (and you are in range for either one). You are gonna have to wait for a better ID guy than me on such a small sucker.
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